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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