Pups in Prison
Time Mag has a photo essay about programs in prison in which inmates raise pups, sometimes to be guide dogs or bomb sniffing dogs or sometimes just to train 'em (the pups and the inmates). Here's the website of the group running the program. Bet you can't stop from leaking!
Labels: dogs rule
posted by wally @ 2:34 PM
18 Comments:
We've read about this before and think it is an amazing concept.
The power of dogs to be transformative, whether with people who are ill, aging, lonely, or in prison is unique.
How could anypne be mean to such an awesome species??
Jake and Just Harry
I have seen this program in practice - and it is incredible
Deb
Woodrow Sweetie & MJ
I have seen shows on Animal Planet about this! What could be more win win than this situation? Even when they just trained them for regular adoption it was awesome for eeveryone. THanks for sharing this!
Daddi uses the video in some of his classes
It's a fantastic pwogwam
smoochie kisses
ASTA
Hey - the prison where my girl works has a guide dog program and when I went to work with her, that's who I worked with! (But I got to go home with my girl at night) Some of my girl's clients work with the doggies and my girl GUSHES over the pups.
Oh - and the other day they brought in a (hairy) hairless Chinese Crested named Jenny into the program and my girl thinks she is the CUTEST THING EVER. Except for me.
We have a prison for ladies in our town and sometimes doggies go there. It is a very important thing for everybody.
Slobbers,
mango
There was a program like that in Azrizona...we don't think Sherrif Joe knows about it yet!
gussie
We read about that program. It is pawesome!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
I paw what the others pawed!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
my mom thinks if everyone had a dog to love not so many people would be in prison in the first place........
It's magical. Pure and simple. Cool photos.
wags from the whippets
What a great idea. We would love to see something like that over here.
Simba and Jazzi xx
Cool. I wonder if I could go to prison and hang with Omar from the Wire. I just ignore the episode where ..... well, I won't say anything in case you never saw it.
xo
SB
I remember Tad doing this!! So cool, we will check out the link and grab some kleenex!!
We just did a post about this on
http://dogs-n-more.blogspot.com
One of our members is a weekend trainer for some prison dogs. It's a neat program
Such a great idea for all involved, there needs to be more like it.
Tucker
Programs like that are incredible!
Ike
It is so true that a dog can transform your life for the better.
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