WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg dog shelter's idea to keep the animals from getting lonely on Christmas was so popular that people were lined up out the door.
On a typical holiday, staff at Winnipeg Animal Services clean the kennels and take the dogs out into the yard, but the animals mostly spend the day alone.
So a few weeks back, workers posted an event on Facebook inviting the public to stop by in the afternoon on Christmas Day to hang out with the pooches.
The department's Leland Gordon says they expected a couple of people might come -- not hundreds.
Those who came out got to play with the dogs in the facility's two yards and visit with them in the kennels.
Gordon says some of the visitors said they plan to return to adopt a dog when the facility opens for regular hours on Thursday.
