Dogs serve their time

  • 2014-08-29
On August 9, five former residents of the California State Prison, L.A. County left to start a new life.

These five were fortunate to have escaped the death penalty, although, they had committed no crime. Those lucky five were rescue dogs Shelby, Chuey, Oreo, Rendell, and Eddie, who graduated on that date from Paws For Life.

The dogs had spent the last 12 weeks living in the high-security prison located here in Lancaster, making them the first dogs in California history to do so full-time. They were brought to the prison by volunteers from the non-profit, Karma Rescue, a group that saves dogs from shelters with high-kill rates.

The dogs spent their time at the prison being trained by specially selected inmates in preparation for testing to obtain a ‘Canine Good Citizen’ designation, which is designed to make them more adoptable.

A professional dog trainer, Mark Tipton, who volunteers with Karma Rescue helped educate the inmates assigned to the dogs with both training and general care. Three inmates were assigned to each dog and took turns caring for and training them. The first week Tipton conducted three-hour training sessions each day. During the subsequent 11 weeks, he held three training sessions per week.

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