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| Puppies Up for Parole program brings dogs, inmates together |
| By nevadaappeal.com - Sandi Hoover |
| Published: 10/25/2011 |
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Violet, a pit bull mix puppy at the Carson City Animal Shelter was so timid, the folks at the shelter had to carry her to Anita Habberfield's truck. Today you wouldn't recognize her. After only three weeks working with an inmate dog handler in the Puppies Up for Parole program, Violet is a new dog. “She's house broken, she walks on a leash, and she's walking around with her tail up and happy,” said Anita Habberfield, volunteer coordinator for the program. Habberfield, a former employee at the prison who worked with the PUPs program, retired in May and received permission to continue with the PUPs program as volunteer coordinator. “The program opened in 2002, we've expanded it recently to include dogs from the shelter, and it has been a very successful partnership,” she said. There are nine inmates who have qualified to become dog handlers, she said, and the dogs live with them. “Only model inmates can participate. Their education has to be complete, they have to express an interest in the program, they have to go through an interview process, and they cannot have had any behavioral problems — they have to have a stellar record.” Read More. |
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