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08-13-2009, 03:28 PM
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Puppies Behind Bars
There's a little article here about Puppies Behind Bars, a program where convicts raise service dogs, but the really interesting part is the accompanying radio story (which is pretty in depth.) Some of these dogs are trained to be bomb-sniffers, others to help injured veterans.
Putting Puppies Behind Bars? (No, It's A Good Thing!) : NPR What a great idea! It seems to me much better than having convicts picking up trash or making license plates . . . Anyone could get a job doing those things. But not everyone has enough time to devote to the intense training necessary to train a service dog. Prisoners do. It gives them a chance to experience unconditional love, take responsibility for a job, and to succeed at something . . . People who maybe haven't had many successes in the past, or much love.
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08-13-2009, 08:09 PM
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I saw a documentary once on TV about that very thing....wonderful, wonderful idea, isn't it. Thanks for sharing that.
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"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams 1776 "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson
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08-13-2009, 08:22 PM
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I love this! It was on Oprah the other day. I don't normally watch Oprah but it was an all animals episode and I was just in tears watching the segment on this. So touching, I think it's a lovely idea!
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09-11-2009, 04:45 PM
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I saw a show related on the animal planet few years ago...were the inmates had to take care of a puppy...and train them for a few months...it was sad when they had to leave them... the dogs had a graduation party...I remember a specific part of the show when they were theaching the inmates how to perform CPR on dogs...pretty cool...
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