Puppies Behind Bars

It's no secret, I L-O-V-E Oprah. I would give my left arm to go to Chicago to see her show. B thinks she's brainwashed me. But he clearly just doesn't understand her show. He thinks it's all about "women's topics" like bras and clothes and losing weight and yada yada yada. But what he doesn't understand is that she does have really interesting and eye opening topics on her show that I otherwise would have known nothing about had I not watched her show!

I actually TiVo Oprah everyday so I'm able to see every single episode. YEAH! But I have to watch them when B's not at home. Usually on a weekend morning when he's at work. But occasionally, he'll watch an episode with me. Especially if I see one that I think he'll be interested in then I make him sit down and watch it. Like last week's episode about Amazing Animals.

I was sitting on the couch Saturday morning with Mabel still in my pj's eating breakfast when I turned it on. The first story of the episode was with Glen Close sharing her experience with Puppies Behind Bars, an organization that I had never heard about before. In a nutshell, prisoners in an up-state New York prison are given 8-week old puppies to take care of and train so that the puppies can be service dogs for injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The puppies not only provide an amazing service to the wounded soldiers, but they help the prisoners by providing unconditional love and support and give them a purpose for leading a better life.

It truly was a remarkable story. And as I was sitting with Mabel on the couch watching this, I couldn't help but cry thinking about the emotional bond that my puppy has provided me. The love I have her and the unconditional love she's provided me is something I can't even describe. And watching the interaction between the prisoners and puppies makes you realize that they're humans too. Even though they've done horrible things in their past, they're just like you and me. They want to feel loved and needed. And the puppies provide that love; unconditionally!

It's amazing the healing power that animals provide. And in this case the healing power is two-fold. Not only are the prisoner's healed in a way, but so are the soldiers.

You can read more about Puppies Behind Bars and donate to this amazing cause @ http://www.puppiesbehindbars.org/

And $2 from every sale of the Chewy Shoe goes to help fund the training for these amazing pups. Log on to http://www.fetchdog.com/ and purchase one now! I bought mine before the episode was even over! :) Better get your chew toy before they're gone!