This unbelievable program is giving second chance to shelter dogs and incarcerated masses .
Jon Grobman is hotdog daddy to a 4 - class - oldtherapy dognamed Mallie , and the Director of Programs forPaws for Life K9 Rescue . Paws for Life is an animalrescue programthat center on bewilder dogs out of high intake shelters and placing them with incarcerated trainer who civilise the dogs to become more adoptable .
" Our mission is two - fold , " Grobman tells Daily Paws . " One , we are saving the lives of animal , but we are also heavily focussed on rehabilitation and shift within the California penal organisation . "
Grobman first joined the Paws for Life program as an incarcerated trainer while serving six successive lifespan sentence . Grobman eventually became the first mortal to receive a recall of commitment in the land of California — and once he was paroled , he made the determination to bring together the squad and keep work with Paws for Life .
" I was so hard impacted by the flat love of an animal that it really jump to shift how I saw myself , " Grobman says .
Mallie is the last dog Grobman train while lag — and the two became so stuffy that she became heartsick and stopped eating after Grobman was paroled . When Grobman discover how Mallie had responded to his absence seizure , he reached out to his parent who agreed to welcome the rescue dog into their plate .
" When we’rerescuing dogsout of shelters , these dog are often violate and damaged and have endured unbelievable trauma and hardship , " says Grobman . " It ’s very often the parallel to people who are incarcerated . We got each other through really , really difficult times . "
Today , Mallie works as a trainedservice dogwho can perform tasks like mysterious pressure and can also retrieve item like medicament . Grobman takes her to hospitals and rehabilitation centers where she shares her affection , love , and unequalled ability to make people feel especial .
" Every dearie owner would probably tell you they have this unbelievable bond with their dog , but when you ’re in the most vulnerable and broken position of your life , and you ’ve hit rock bottom , here is this animal that looks back at you and does n’t adjudicate you , " say Grobman . " They look back at you like you ’re human . And the human element is something that ’s missing inside our prison organization . "
