Juan
Juan

Juan

Occupation: Dog Trainer

location: LAC

The Paws For Life program has been the opportunity of a lifetime. By working with these dogs, I have learned a lot about myself. I am amazed at how much I can relate to many of these dogs, their traumas and triggers are not so different from my own. I find that I understand them in ways that I did not think was possible. Being in prison can be dehumanizing, demoralizing, and inhumane.

The Paws For Life program has brought such a wonderful bright light, .in an otherwise dark place. The fact that these dogs’ lives are being saved, the dogs are being trained and rehabilitated, and that these dogs are finding happy, loving, and welcoming forever homes is heartwarming. Being a part of Paws For Life has lifted my spirits, and put me in touch with humanity in ways that I have never experienced before, and for that I am forever grateful.