The Dog Kennel is the county facility for temporarily housing stray and unwanted dogs. This page is run by volunteers.

If a dog is adopted from the facility, they require a free mandatory spay or neuter of your dog.

The Lorain County Dog Kennel's mission is to serve the citizens of Lorain County in the seizure of stray and at large dogs.
Adoption Fee
$66
-$50 for adoption
-$16 for license
Licensing is a requirement of state law. The license, attached to your dog’s collar, will identify you as the owner should the dog be lost.
-Lorain County vaccinates dogs with a parvo combo vaccine and a kennel cough vaccine. New owners will need to re-vaccinate the dogs later.
-Lorain County has arranged for all dogs to be spayed or neutered before adoption.
-As required by Ohio Law, the kennel holds all stray dogs 3 business days to give the owner time to find and redeem their dog.

***This page is run by a few volunteers of the Lorain County Dog Kennel, in hopes to network for these dogs, and find them loving forever homes. We hope all of your questions about the kennel have been answered here. If they have not, please send us a message or email.

***To visit the Lorain County Dog Kennels official website, please click on the link listed above inside the map, or go to www.loraincounty.us/dogs.aspx

Spay and Neuter Program
Lorain County Dog Kennel (LCDK)
Effective 10/1/12
As part of this program, all dogs adopted from the Lorain County Dog Kennel (LCDK) who are healthy enough for surgery will be spayed or neutered prior to adoption.
Dogs adopted and paid for on Fridays and Saturdays will be picked up on the following Tuesday morning and taken to Lorain Animal Clinic for surgeries. Dogs adopted and paid for on Tuesday, Wednesdays, and Thursdays will be picked up on Fridays of the same week and taken to Douds Vet Hospital for surgeries.