Time To Graduate

Carmen’s inmate trainer says that the past 10 weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.  He says that Carmen has an ecstatic sense of liberation that can only come from being aware that she is free to be herself.  Out of all of the dogs he has had the pleasure to work with he believes that she is by far the most curious.  She seems to live by the old adage of “Never be a butterfly collector, rather be the butterfly itself.”   

While she has spent 10 weeks learning new commands from her inmate trainers they have in turn learned a great deal from Carmen.  Her inmate trainer says that with each dog that passes through the training program their confidence grows.  He says the confidence grows not only in the individuals but in each other as a team.  He says that this is a program saving the lives of beautiful wonderful dogs, but what is not seen is the difference it makes in the lives of the men who train them.  He says that through this program they get the chance to rebuild their lives and find a way to restore the faith in themselves.