PHOTOS: Walk for the PAWS event in Decatur

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PHOTOS: Walk for the PAWS event in Decatur

PAWS Atlanta holds its annual community event to celebrate rescue animals and promote pet adoption.

A dog chases a disc during a demonstration at the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Brandyn Bozeman (right) walks her dog around the vendor tents during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A puppy chases a disc during a demonstration at the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Rowe Gait works with a puppy during a "disc dog demonstration" at the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Taylor Eisenstein (left) and Nick Muenchen hold puppies during the Walk for the PAWS community market in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Phoebe Nguyen holds a puppy during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Kyle Epperson and his dog Penelope check out a pen full of puppies during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Chaneya Basquin talks to customers while holding her dog at her vendor tent during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Phoebe Nguyen holds a puppy during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Veterinary technician Casey Cline (right) pets one of the dogs as it enters the PAWS community market in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event, which welcomed people and their furry friends, included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Jen Gregg holds one of the puppies available for cuddles during the Walk for the PAWS community market in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Evie, a 7-year-old Pomapug, poses for a photograph during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Volunteer Yvonne Sammels holds an armful of puppies during the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

People walk their dogs around the local vendor tents during the Walk for the PAWS community market in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Hanna Bryant works with a border collie during a freestyle disc dog demonstration at the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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A dog chases a disc during a demonstration at the Walk for the PAWS community market at PAWS Atlanta in Decatur on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The event included food trucks, local vendors, adoptable dogs and puppies to hold. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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