Aspen the Yorkie

My owner cares about all kinds of people, including people in prison, so she’s involved with an organization that sends her Bible lessons that Prisoners do to review, then she sends them back with a nice letter she writes.  She can’t send any information about herself, but loves doing this and has reviewed many lessons and written many letters.

We thought it was nice to hear that dogs are helping Prisoners, too, and not only Prisoners, but people in many ways.  There is an organization called “Puppies Behind Bars” that we saw a program about on television, then read about in our local paper, and finally, we decided to visit their website.

It is amazing how much it means to people in prison to be able to be part of doing something good.  Through this program they are training puppies so many things that I can’t even imagine learning them all myself.  But they are prepared to help people who have disabilities, or people who have injuries like some of our wonderful veterans that are coming home from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places around the world.  Some are trained to help in homeland security or law enforcement. You know what, there are so many things that these puppies are learning, that I’d just encourage you to stop by and visit the Puppies Behind Bars website and see for yourself.

If you know more about this, are part of this organization, or are being helped by a dog that has been through the program, I’d love to hear from you, please share in a comment, and thank you for what you are doing.