By Tim Croft
The Star
Last week Andy sniffed out a new path for the DAWGS in Prison program.
One of the graduates from the program’s Class 29, Andy left last Wednesday for Arizona, making it 17 states and counting that have received a newly-trained canine from the Developing Adoptable Dogs with Good Sociability (DAWGS) in Prison program based at the Gulf Forestry Camp.
The number of states will increase with the next graduation in eight weeks when a dog will be adopted by a family in Chicago, adding Illinois to the list.
“We started this for the dogs but we continue this for the impact it also has on the inmates,” said Sandi Christy, with Judy Miick co-director of the DAWGS in Prison program. “I feel a sense of peace about this program. It is like I was meant to do this.”
DAWGS in Prison is one of the benchmark programs for the St. Joseph Bay Humane Society.
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