Inmates reunite puppies that they trained with puppies who now are service dogs
@Deepizzaguy (122417)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
April 7, 2025 3:52pm CST
Chase Benoit and Jared Hanson who are inmates at the San Quentin Prison in California recently reunited with two Black Labrador retrievers that they raised from prison when the service dogs were just puppies on Friday at the prison courtyard which was a tearful reunion.
The names of the service dogs are Wendel and Artemis who were trained as pups by Chase and Jared respectively were trained by the inmates when the prison started a puppy training program in 2013.
I like this idea of a puppy training program since it gives the inmates a purpose in life behind bars.
Thanks to Canine Companions who started this program to have the inmates train puppies for a period of at least one year before the puppies reach the age of 16 and 17 month of age.
Artemis was assigned to take care of Benjamin Carter who is a veterinarian who resides in Portland Oregon and Robert Quigley who is deaf was given Wendel to take care of him.
Both Robert and Benjamin went to San Quentin to meet their former owners.
Link is koat.com/en-us/news/off...
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@celticeagle (190152)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Apr 25
How nice of the Companions to do this.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
Nice for Companions to assist inmates pay their debts to society.
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@celticeagle (190152)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Apr 25
@Deepizzaguy .........it's nice that they have this option.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
@celticeagle That is true since prison life is slow inside of a cell.
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@rakski (157102)
• Philippines
8 Apr 25
@Deepizzaguy that is for sure. That is one heartwarming scene to watch
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
@rakski It was a heartwarming moment when the dogs met with their former owners.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
The parties involved were teary eyed reuniting with their pets.
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@snowy22315 (209318)
• United States
7 Apr 25
I saw that on 60 minutes it was neat.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Apr 25
I am in agreement with you that the inmate program taking care of puppies is wonderful.
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@RasmaSandra (98187)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Apr 25
Must have been a wonderful reunion.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Apr 25
It was a very beautiful scene indeed.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
My pleasure to share this wonderful story here,
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@innertalks (23747)
• Australia
8 Apr 25
It is good to see inmates willingly doing something useful while inside.
@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
I agree with you since the inmates have a purpose in life behind bars.
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@LindaOHio (223055)
• United States
8 Apr 25
Very bittersweet. I would get attached to the dogs and wouldn't want to give them up.
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@Deepizzaguy (122417)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr 25
I share your feelings about dogs as well.
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