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New Leash on Life
by noteworthy at 5:53 pm EDT, Aug 21, 2004

Six prisons in three states have already welcomed them into their facilities -- tiny, 8-week-old puppies in need of discipline, care and a little bit of love. But the dogs' raisers are not the prison officials or even the corrections officers; they are the prisoners themselves.

Through a nonprofit program called Puppies Behind Bars, prison inmates can raise guide dogs for blind people--and, since 9/11, bomb-sniffing police dogs.

In a way, the prison serves as a sort of canine prep school. The "puppy raisers," as they are called, teach the dogs manners and obedience before they begin formal training. But the teachers are learning even more, and their babies' puppy love is unlocking qualities they never knew they possessed.


 
RE: New Leash on Life
by biochik007 at 12:18 am EDT, Aug 22, 2004

noteworthy wrote:
] Six prisons in three states have already welcomed them into
] their facilities -- tiny, 8-week-old puppies in need of
] discipline, care and a little bit of love. But the dogs'
] raisers are not the prison officials or even the corrections
] officers; they are the prisoners themselves.
]
] Through a nonprofit program called Puppies Behind Bars, prison
] inmates can raise guide dogs for blind people--and, since
] 9/11, bomb-sniffing police dogs.
]
] In a way, the prison serves as a sort of canine prep school.
] The "puppy raisers," as they are called, teach the dogs
] manners and obedience before they begin formal training. But
] the teachers are learning even more, and their babies' puppy
] love is unlocking qualities they never knew they
] possessed.

Very kewl...


 
 
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