Tears and tail wags: Inmates reunite with service dogs they raised

Service dogs raised for veterans graduate from training

Kali Lewis and Mishika Gandhi knew this day was coming but that did little to ease the loss of their constant companions for the last nine months.

Tears and tail wags: San Quentin inmates reunite with service dogs they raised

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press SAN QUENTIN — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs. The emotional reunion brought together Chase Benoit, Jared Hansen and the 2-year-old dogs they helped train: Wendel and Artemis. It was the men’s first time seeing their former canine companions again and their first time …

Tears and tail wags: Inmates reunite with service dogs they raised

There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came together when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who raised them as puppies and helped them prepare to become service dogs.

Tears Turn to Tail Wags as Mama Dog Reunites With Her Lost Litter

Cora, a devoted and loving mother dog, was left abandoned and heartbroken at the Marin Humane Society in Novato, California. Once surrounded by her precious puppies, she now found herself in a cold, unfamiliar kennel, separated from the little ones she had nurtured since birth. Her previous owner had cruelly surrendered her but chose to keep her four puppies, leaving Cora in an agonizing state of distress. Shelter workers immediately recognized …

Hugs, tears, barking and incessant tail movements took over the San Quentin prison after two black husbandmen met the inmates who helped raise them into service dogs.

Behind bars, they have to celebrate Victory Day in a different way—without ketupat, without opor ayam, but with tears.