MEDINA, Ohio – Staff and volunteers at the Medina County Dog Shelter will soon spend a weekend in training for a nationally acclaimed program that works to make life better for the lives of shelter dogs.

Dogs Playing for Life focuses on canine well-being from the day the dog arrives at the shelter until the day they find their forever home.

“We had put together a dog shelter advisory committee and one of the volunteers on the committee had mentioned this as a good training resource,” said Medina County Administrator Matthew Springer. “There is a benefit that has been experienced in other shelters, so we wanted to get our staff and volunteers involved.”

During a two-day seminar that will take place Oct. 18 and 19, shelter staff and volunteers will learn how to safely introduce dogs into

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