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New leash on life
By delmarvanow.com - Bryan Adelman
Published: 02/22/2013

MARYLAND - WESTOVER — Inmate David Stukes walks toward the front Eastern Correctional Institution chapel with his dog, a 4-month-old black Labrador-retriever mix he received in December.

When he calmly tells the dog to sit, it follows directions. A second later, it stands back up. He repeats his command, but the dog only tilts its head and remains standing. Stukes motions to another inmate for help. The other inmate pets and calms the puppy.

“This is why we have second handlers,” Stukes said.

Stukes, along with a handful of other inmates, are a part of the prison’s America’s VetDogs program in which puppies as young as 7-weeks-old are trained and given to disabled veterans returning from war. The inmates were chosen based on their behavior and criminal records.

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