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| No joke-- my dog has a prison record |
| By freep.com |
| Published: 09/21/2009 |
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There are moments in life when I sit back and think, "Why the heck am I scooping poop off my carpet?" Which brings me to our new dog. We just adopted a lovable mutt. Part golden retriever, part collie. And he just got out of prison. Seriously. It all started when my daughter spotted his bio on the Internet. "My name is Felony, and I got my name for a reason," the bio begins. "I am able to escape most fences. I have an Olympic gold medal in counter surfing." Any normal adult would read that line and hide the doggy treats. An 11-year-old girl skips past the red flags and sees an adorable, yellow-haired, floppy-eared, tail waggin' piece of love, just waiting for a second chance. Felony was about to be euthanized when he was rescued from a shelter by Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan and sent to Lakeland Correction Facility in Coldwater to be trained for three months by select, specially trained prisoners, and by that I mean, no one named Michael Vick. This program has saved about 60 dogs in 1 1/2 years. The prison also has a sister program that has saved about 300 greyhounds, at no cost to state taxpayers. "It's been very well accepted by staff and by the prisoners," said Warden Carol Howes, who has two dogs herself. "The artists started drawing pictures of the dogs. The sewers made coats for the dogs out of old prison jackets. Some of the songwriters wrote a theme song. Everybody got behind the program." Read More. |
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