Author: New Leash On Life USA
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DW – “Puppy Love”
Categories: PRESSPuppy love The organization “New Leash On Life USA” is using dogs to help prisoners rehabilitate and prepare for life back in the real world. One ex-con says his prison pooch saved his life. Click here to listen to the audio.
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NBC – “Training Service Dogs Could Keep Inmates Out of Prison”
Categories: PRESSBy Willard Shepard and Sandra Esquivel Prisoners and puppies might sound like an odd couple, but the two are becoming roommates in jails and prisons across the country. Wardens have implemented programs for inmates to train dogs. The hope is that the dogs will reduce the number of inmates who end up back behind bars.
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98.1 WOGL – “Philadelphia Agenda With Brad Segall”
Categories: PRESSPhiladelphia Agenda With Brad Segall February 2, 2015 10:39 AM Brad speaks to Volpe and Koenig President and CEO Jay Halt Jr. and New Leash on Life USA CEO and Founder Marian Marchese talking about Volpe and Koenig’s “I Promise Charitable Giving Fund” and the organization’s innovative prison-dog training program.
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Legal Intelligencer – “Shelter Dogs & Inmates Reinvent Themselves Together at New Leash on Life USA”
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Kuono.fi – “Kaltoinkohdellut koirat saavat uuden mahdollisuuden vankilassa”
Categories: PRESSYhdysvaltalaisessa koirankoulutusohjelmassa annetaan hylätyille hauvoille uusi mahdollisuus kekseliäällä tavalla. New Leash on Life USA -ohjelmassa koirat viettävät kaksitoista viikkoa vankilassa, jossa niitä koulutetaan ja sosiaalistetaan. Koirat viettävät koko vankilassaoloaikansa vankien seurassa. Koulutusjakson lopussa vankien kouluttamien koirien on tarkoitus läpäistä Amerikan Kennel Clubin Hyvä koirakansalainen -testi. Ohjelmaan valitaan sellaisia koiria, joilla on suurin riski joutui eläinsuojissa
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Legal Intelligencer – “People in the News”
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APDT Chronicle of the Dog – “Breaking Down Walls”
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Barkpost – “Going to Prison Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to These Dogs”
Categories: PRESSMeet the 11th graduating class of the New Leash On Life program. Image via New Leash On Life USA Facebook The groundbreaking program has innovated a new adoption strategy that is taking Pennsylvania corrections by storm: Give at-risk shelter dogs a new chance at life by partnering them with trained inmates who prepare the pups
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Metro – National Dog Show Therapy Dogs Visit Youngsters in Recovery
Categories: PRESSChildren at the Ronald McDonald House in West Philadelphia play with Vivian, a Staffordshire Terrier, as her handler looks on. Photo: Charles Mostoller Wes, who turns 2 on Monday, is staying at the Ronald McDonald House in West Philadelphia while he gets radiation treatment. But on Thursday, he got to play with dogs from the 2014