• Cell Dogs provides second chances for shelter dogs and incarcerated individuals
    Hershey the dog
  • We rescue dogs from shelters and enroll them in basic obedience training programs
    Dogs: Emmie, Joy, and Oreo
  • Classes actively involve inmate trainers at correctional facilities
    Trainer Nemo
  • After training, all dogs are adopted into loving families
    Adopter with Oreo
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Bailey the dog

What We Do

Cell Dogs rescues dogs from local shelters and enrolls them in basic obedience training programs. These classes take place in correctional facilities and actively involve inmate trainers. For each training cycle, we make sure all dogs are lovingly adopted.

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Cell Dogs @ Super Pet Adoption in Irvine

For the first time, Cell Dogs participated in the 12th Annual Super Pet Adoption organized by the Irvine Animal Care Center.

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Checkers the dog

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Meet our dogs-in-training, read their stories, and fill out an application form.

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I can’t recommend Cell Dogs enough. It is a remarkable program for both dog and trainer. We have two dogs from the Chino Hills Womens Prison, and what the program participants accomplished was incredible—Griffin and Gracie are so well trained... Read More

The Most Reverend Kevin W. Vann, JCD, DD, Bishop of OrangeGriffin and Gracie, Class of 2014 and 2015