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Supporters seek to restart program that matches dogs with inmates
By vtdigger.org- Ellie French
Published: 08/06/2019

Efforts are underway to restart a program that used to bring dogs into Vermont prisons as emotional support animals.

About five years ago, the Blue Star Mothers of Vermont opened applications for incarcerated veterans to interview for a program that sought to place emotional support dogs with inmates, staying with them full-time while they were behind bars to offer some support.

The plan was for professional trainers to come in twice a week to help the inmates learn how to handle the dogs. There was also regularly scheduled time for the animals to go outside and play.

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Comments:

  1. StephanieCasey on 03/10/2020:

    If you have a god that comes under the umbrella of guard dog then you really need to enroll him in dog training classes Dallas. This will make sure that he is calm in public.


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