LAC Lancaster

I am a competent, responsible man with a positive self-image and healthy self-esteem. I am caring, loving, and generous husband, father, brother, and friend. I have been incarcerated for the past 15 years and I wasn’t always the person I am today. I was raised with poor social skills, poverty, put down emotionally abused, beaten,…

When I first became a part of PFL and started training dogs, I was able to empathize and connect with them in an unexpected way. Many of our dogs come from high intake shelters where they have spent sometimes over a year in! They often come to us scared, aggressive, with scars of abuse and…

PAWS FOR LIFE has given me an opportunity to make a positive contribution to society while I am incarcerated, and to truly feel like I am making a difference. The daily interaction with the dogs, whether it is feeding, walking, training or just playing with the dogs enhances our lives. I can’t believe sometimes, that…

Joining Paws for Life has turned out to be one of the best choices I’ve made in life. The program has made me realize my true potential as a person. No longer do I think of myself as irredeemable. Helping these dogs have a second chance brought out in me a person I never knew…

The Paws for Life Program has slowly, but surely shattered this self-doubt that I’ve carried within myself for so long. I’ve come to know through training with these ‘unloved’ dogs, that I am capable of creating a positive impact in this world and in their lives and being able to give them a second chance,…

Paws for Life has allowed me to exercise the compassion and empathy that I have regained by providing the opportunity to care for a soul that has been discarded. To see the joy and trust these dogs end up having for us, gives me the confidence in my change. Along with our dogs, we have…

Paws for Life gives me the opportunity to make living amends. The acceptance I experience in this program is restoring my sense of self worth. I joined PFL as a way to give back for all that I had taken. At first not realizing how PFL would give me more than just something positive to…

Paws for Life helps me transcend my new found love in myself onto the dogs I train. This program is an opportunity for me to make living amends. Instead of harming myself and others, I am shifting my energy into not only helping myself and my loved ones, but also my dog, my PFL community…

Paws for Life has been my road back to reality, giving me the opportunity to give more of myself, a sense of responsibility, patience and the tools to grow into a better person. Losing both parents with no one to turn to. There was only my dog Bronson at the time. He would lay his…

Paws for Life has been very instrumental in providing me with a support system of peers that help and encourage me to be the “best’ I can be. Paws for Life allows me to practice healthy, productive life skills that build lasting and meaningful relationships.