{"id":174189,"date":"2026-04-23T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174189\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:13:07","slug":"discover-how-to-adopt-a-dog-pittsburgh-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174189\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover How to Adopt a Dog Pittsburgh NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh\u2019s NFL Draft isn\u2019t just about football picks this year, it\u2019s also giving rescue dogs a chance to be first-round selections in forever homes.<\/p>\n<p>Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh\u2019s Director of Marketing Michele Frennier tells KDKA Radio the NFL has run similar campaigns in other draft host cities.<\/p>\n<p>HARP will feature 11 adoptable dogs during Day three (Saturday) of the NFL Draft, including an 8-year-old dog named Ben Roethlisberger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is definitely a standout for somebody who is looking to bring that veteran personality to their home,\u201d said Frennier. \u201cHe loveable, he loves his people, he loves treats, he\u2019s a loyal companion so, we see him as truly, one of the best picks in the \u2018Burgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other \u201cpup picks\u201d include dogs named Jerome Bettis, Terry Bradshaw, and Franco Harris. Fans can watch the adoptable \u201cdraft picks\u201d take the stage during Saturday\u2019s draft festivities.<\/p>\n<p>HARP\u2019s North Side location is closed due to the draft, Thursday \u2013 Saturday. Their East Side Shelter remains open.<\/p>\n<p>Get more information <a href=\"https:\/\/humaneanimalrescue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh\u2019s NFL Draft isn\u2019t just about football picks this year, it\u2019s also giving rescue dogs a chance to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15062,9356,20980,2800,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-174189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-adoption","tag-dogs","tag-harp","tag-pets","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}