PRISON DOG PROGRAMS ~ BRIDGES and PATHWAYS of COURAGE: November 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

TWO WOMEN'S PRISON DOG PROGRAMS NEED HELP WITH SUPPLIES

Dwight Correctional Institution ~ Illinois

California Institution for Women

These women are taking responsibility for their crime and are now giving back to our society. They are helping others by training dogs to assist the handicapped. Since these programs need supplies to keep going, I am trying to find people willing to help them find the resources and the supplies needed to keep the program going.

PLEASE WILL YOU HELP THESE PROGRAMS

WISH LIST

DWIGHT CORRECTIONAL for WOMEN

Brushes, combs, Leather Leashes 1/2 and 1/4 inches wide and 4 and 6 feet long, kennels and crates, dog water/food bowls, sheepskin dog beds, towels, collars such as martingales, black dog collar, gentle leaders, haltis/booties for dogs in winter, Dog toys such as new kongs, tugs, nylabones, new hoses for giving dogs a bath,short and long dog catching equipment, fully supplied first aide box with ear thermometer and tips. Dog graduation certificates. Good work shoes, insulated boots for working out in the winter with the dogs, rain coats with hoods, winter gloves, Quickie wheelchair for training the dogs, xerox machine for getting copies of training items, VCR-DVD player to look at training tapes, agility equipment, grooming table, weight scales,shop vac, heavy duty dog blow dryer, water filtering unit, trimmer for dogs pads, ears/grooming clippers and blades, VCR and DVD dog training tapes.

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN

Brushes, combs, leather leashes, 1/2 and 1/4 inches wide and 4 and 6 feet long, kennels and dog crates, two wide trailer for a training area, dog water bowls, towels, dog collars such as martingales, Gentle leaders, Halties, Black Dog training collar, fully supplied first aid kit, dog toys such as kongs, tugs, nylabones, dog training VCR and DVD tapes, training equipment such as dumb~bells, clickers, clicker training videos.

For more information contact Sr Pauline

PATHWAYS TO HOPE ~ 2316 Carney Ave ~ Marinette, Wisconsin 54143 srpauline@pathwaystohope.org

ABOUT

In 1981 I started the first prison dog program in the United States in the state of Washington at a women's prison. The Prison Pet Partnership program is still going after all these years where the inmates are training rescue dogs to help the handicapped.

PATHWAYS TO HOPE which is now a separate organization in California is available to give people suggestions in how to start prison programs. Contact Donna Shawver donna@pathwaystohope.org ~

My new non profit organization

BRIDGES AND PATHWAYS OF COURAGE contact: Sister Pauline Quinn srpauline@bpofcourage.org ~

BRIDGES AND PATHWAYS OF COURAGE help find sponsors who would like to support a program, a dog, an inmate to help make dreams possible and to give talks to inmates, service organizations or anyone who is interested in a journey of Hope that helped not only my life but thousands of other lives in many countries.

I have helped set up programs in other countries as well. We also help repair lives in other ways. ~ Some of my other sites

http://www.bpofcourage.org
http://bpofcourage.blogspot.com/
http://srpauline.webs.com/

FINDING HOPE IN PRISON

In 1981, Sister Pauline Quinn op started the first prison dog program at the Washington State Correctional Center for Women. She found two wonderful trainers to help her, Marcia Hinkel and Dawn Jecs who kept the program going after she left.

Dr Leo Bustad, the Dean of the Washington State Veterinarian College was very helpful to Sister Pauline, encouraging her to keep going when it was difficult to start.

Now there are prison dog programs all over the United States, Canada and Europe.Many unwanted dogs have been saved and those who are handicapped were given a special dog to help them.

Not only has this program helped the inmates learn how to become ‘other’ centered; it has given them hope in their lives. It has shown them that they can be loved. Dogs love us unconditionally.

The success for change is through love. Those who have committed crimes need to be responsible and learn that there is a better life for them if they want it. Inmates have changed their lives and gone on to start dog training centers, grooming shops and worked to help the handicapped once they were released.

The prison dog programs helps the inmates learn how to become 'other' centered. No matter how difficult our lives have been, if we give back to others, then we also help our own life.

http://prisondogs.blogspot.com
http://www.bpofcourage.org
http://srpaulinaop.blogspot.com
http://bpofcourage.blogspot.com
http://dominicandogs.blogspot.com
http://picturetrail.com/srpauline
http://srpauline.webs.com

PRISON DOG PROGRAMS ~ HELPING PRISONERS TO HELP OTHERS

Saturday, November 24, 2007

AN INMATE SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS DOG

Thursday, November 1, 2007

TWO WOMEN'S PRISON DOG PROGRAMS NEED HELP WITH SUPPLIES