Thursday, May 29, 2008 — Inmates at Albemarle Correctional Institution (ACI) are training these dogs as part of the New Leash on Life program.
They’re taking the dogs through a nine week obedience class that really grants them a new lease on their lives. The dogs are selected from an group scheduled to be euthanized, and are housed in kennels on the ACI grounds.
The dogs’ daily care, exercise and obedience education is administered by a group of six ACI inmates and two volunteer trainers. The inmates in ACI’s current training session are working with professional trainers from Dog Training in Your Home to prepare the dogs for adoption and a new life with a loving family.
They work in pairs with the dogs daily at the 856 inmate facility, maintaining a consistent and disciplined regimen to help the canines work toward their full potential.
For more on ACI, visit http://www.doc.state.nc.us/DOP/prisons/albemarle.htm, or to learn more about Dog Training in Your Home visit http://www.betterdog.com on the Internet.
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