Great story about dog training in prison

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7244614

Second chances for dogs, inmates
Inmates waiting for a new life take dogs rescued from a pound and create animals to serve others

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LaVigueur is among 12 Fort Lyon inmates teaching canines rescued from dog pounds to serve disabled people and police and fire departments as well as crime victims. The prisoners teach dogs skills they will use to find cadavers following house fires, sniff out bombs and protect a victim of a brutal rape in New York City.

In the fifth year of the Colorado Department of Corrections' dog training program, inmates across Colorado are teaching dogs as many as 55 commands each. The work demands patience not suited to most inmates, yet it also requires the concentrated devotion of people like inmates who have a lot of time on their hands.

"This program will bring mean people like me to tears," said Christopher Vogt, a second-degree murder convict from Grand Junction serving a 48-year sentence. "I understand how privileged I am" to be in the program.

Vogt instructs other inmates at Fort Lyon, near Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, how to train dogs. He has taken correspondence courses, earning master dog-trainer designation.
"If I got out tomorrow, this is what I would do," Vogt said.

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Only good things come from programs like this. I wish them all the best.