TOLEDO, Ohio — Tails were wagging as Lucas County Canine Care & Control officially opened its new building on Monroe Street. The state-of-the-art facility was designed with 177 kennels, a large play yard, and modern adoption space.

The staff are still adjusting to the new 39,300 square foot, $31.9 million complex, but they say that it's a welcomed change.

“We get lost sometimes still and we have some growing pain," said Cassie Bloomfield, LC4’s community outreach coordinator. "So as long as everyone is patient with us, we’ll be great."

The bigger sized kennels and playfields help the animals just as much as it helps the humans, says Bloomfield.

“Our dogs have so much more room,” said Bloomfield, “The best part when we moved the dogs over was seeing them full sprint in the sunlight,

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