Pflugerville to benefit from drug dog training program

"At risk" teens from Laredo have trained the Pflugerville Police Department's newest drug dogs. The department took control of two black labs Thursday. One is assigned to the narcotics division.� The other will help patrol schools. The training is provided through a program that works with police departments around the country that allows troubled teens a second chance to earn their high school ...

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Program Uses Assistance Dog Training to Help at-Risk Teens

I’d like to thank Denise, of San Francisco, for drawing my attention to a clever program in Merced County, California. The program highlights my all-time favorite blogging theme: the benefits that humans derive from dogs and cats . Last October this blog covered a program in which veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder trained service dogs. The veterans enjoyed demonstrable improvement and the dogs went on to help other disabled individuals. Merced County’s program is similar.

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