We are happy to have several prison dog training programs for service dogs and other training. This program, like all our programs, is based on positive training methods.

Our partnerships with the prison programs are all located in Kentucky. This will not only help us train service dogs and therapy dogs, but it will also help the program participants learn skills that will enable them to get jobs in their community once they are released. This follows along with the principle we have always had – “Helping Dogs, Help People.”

Currently, at our state program, we have ten, 2-man teams of handlers working in the program, for a total of 20 handlers. Our federal programs have 7 trainers per facility and we are expanding.

Each team has one dog to train.

This gives the dogs more exposure to situations and helps generalize their skills to more than one person.

These dogs will be trained to do different jobs based on each dog’s abilities. As the dogs go through the program, they will be evaluated to determine their specific job skills, and when ready, we will begin training the task to work with them.

Any dog that does not meet service dog guidelines will be placed up for adoption. The adoption fee will go directly back into the prison training program to help us continue to offer this partnership. They will make wonderful pets, therapy dogs, or emotional support dogs.

For more information on our Prison Dog Training Program, please contact us.