PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC
263 WEST 38TH STREET 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10018 www.puppiesbehindbars.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PUPPIES BEHIND BARS TRAINS INMATES TO RAISE SERVICE DOGS FOR WOUNDED WAR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL AS EXPLOSIVE-DETECTION CANINES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

RAISING SERVICE DOGS - PBB RAISES SERVICE DOGS FOR WOUNDED WAR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN FIVE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN NEW YORK STATE. THE DOGS LEARN MORE THAN 90 COMMANDS RANGING FROM TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON TO DOING LAUNDRY, FINDING THE CAR IN CROWDED PARKING LOTS AND CALLING 911. THE DOGS LEARN SPECIAL COMMANDS DESIGNED TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. PBB THEN PAIRS THE DOGS, FREE OF CHARGE, WITH WOUNDED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVE INTENSIVE TRAINING ON HOW TO USE THEIR DOGS, AND PBB THEN PROVIDES EXTENSIVE FOLLOWUP SERVICES. TO DATE, 129 DOGS HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. NOT ONLY DO THE RECIPIENTS THEMSELVES BENEFIT, BUT THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES BENEFIT AS THE RECIPIENTS FIND RELIEF FROM ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS, LEARN TO REENTER SOCIETY, AND CAN OFTEN RETURN TO WORK AND/OR SCHOOL.SOME DOGS SERVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS A WHOLE, ENHANCING OFFICER WELLNESS AND AIDING IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH. AT ANY GIVEN TIME APPROXIMATELY 75 INMATES ARE TRAINING APPROXIMATELY 50 DOGS FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE PUPPIES ENTER PRISON AT THE AGE OF 8 WEEKS AND REMAIN UNTIL THE AGE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 YEARS. FULLTIME PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS TEACH THE INMATES FOR A FULL DAY EACH WEEK, AND MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE PUPPIES' TRAINING. MORE THAN 200 VOLUNTEERS WORK TO SOCIALIZE THE PUPPIES TO EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF PRISON.

RAISING EXPLOSIVE-DETECTION CANINES -PBB RAISES EXPLOSIVE-DETECTION CANINES ("EDCS") FOR WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ONE PRISON IN NEW JERSEY AND ONE IN NEW YORK. AN AVERAGE OF 20 INMATES TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM, RAISING 12 TO 16 DOGS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE TRAINING PROCESS TAKES APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS, AND BETWEEN 16 AND 20 OF THESE DOGS GRADUATE EACH YEAR. THE EDCS HAVE GONE TO WORK TO DETECT EXPLOSIVES OR ACCELERANTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND 15 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE FBI, CIA AND U.S. PARK POLICE ARE JUST OF FEW OF THE AGENCIES THAT USE PBB'S DOGS. THEY SCREEN COURTHOUSES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, CHECK STADIUMS BEFORE BALL GAMES, HELP SOLVE ARSON CASES, AND PROVIDE MANY OTHER SERVICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

INMATE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT -INMATE PUPPY-RAISERS IN OUR PROGRAM BECOME EXPERT DOG TRAINERS AND GAIN INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AS WELL. THEY MUST WORK AS PART OF A TEAM TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, ATTEND RIGOROUS WEEKLY CLASSES, DO WRITTEN HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, AND MAINTAIN A DAILY JOURNAL OF THEIR PUPPIES' PROGRESS. THEIR LITERARY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE ENHANCED, AND THEY BENEFIT FROM THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE PROVIDED BY THE DOGS AS WELL. RATHER THAN BIDING THEIR TIME WHILE INCARCERATED, THE PBB PROGRAM ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY THAT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE. MANY ARE HIRED FOR DOG-RELATED JOBS AFTER PAROLE. PBB CURRENTLY EMPLOYS FIVE FORMER INMATE PUPPY-RAISERS AS PART OF ITS FULL-TIME STAFF. TWO WORK AS INSTRUCTORS, TEACHING CURRENT INMATES BY THEIR EXAMPLE WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AFTER INCARCERATION. ONE IS ALSO DIRECTOR OF OUR SERVICE DOG PROGRAM FOR WOUNDED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, ONE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEERS, AND ANOTHER IS DIRECTOR OF SOCIALIZATION FOR OUR YOUNG PUPPIES.

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