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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 57504" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Witz, Mandy is beautiful! Sounds like she's going to work out just fine! And what a wonderful program! I have never heard of it being done in a juvenile institution but it sounds like it helps the boys as much as it does the dogs. Very good idea.</p><p></p><p>They have a similar program at the <em>Tennessee Prison for Women</em>. Six to eight of the inmates become the one-on-one caretakers and trainers for shelter dogs that would otherwise be "unadoptable". These are dogs that have had no training at all and have had no proper socialization with people - the ones that no one wants. When they "graduate", the dogs are adopted out to carefully selected families and have a chance at a whole new life.</p><p></p><p>At the institution that I work in, we have a huge, gorgeous shiny black Lab that has been trained as a drug detection dog. He and his handler go to several other institutions as well to do shakedowns, etc. He's REALLY good too! They've spent thousands on this dog - months and months of special training, he has his own vehicle with auxilliary A/C and alarm systems (he lets his handler do the driving!), and TWO nice big dog houses and pens at the institution. He goes home with his handler at night and plays with his kids. He's pretty much treated like royalty! And the very best part - he came straight out of an animal shelter!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 57504, member: 1883"] Witz, Mandy is beautiful! Sounds like she's going to work out just fine! And what a wonderful program! I have never heard of it being done in a juvenile institution but it sounds like it helps the boys as much as it does the dogs. Very good idea. They have a similar program at the [i]Tennessee Prison for Women[/i]. Six to eight of the inmates become the one-on-one caretakers and trainers for shelter dogs that would otherwise be "unadoptable". These are dogs that have had no training at all and have had no proper socialization with people - the ones that no one wants. When they "graduate", the dogs are adopted out to carefully selected families and have a chance at a whole new life. At the institution that I work in, we have a huge, gorgeous shiny black Lab that has been trained as a drug detection dog. He and his handler go to several other institutions as well to do shakedowns, etc. He's REALLY good too! They've spent thousands on this dog - months and months of special training, he has his own vehicle with auxilliary A/C and alarm systems (he lets his handler do the driving!), and TWO nice big dog houses and pens at the institution. He goes home with his handler at night and plays with his kids. He's pretty much treated like royalty! And the very best part - he came straight out of an animal shelter! [/QUOTE]
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