• 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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Chapman’s Philanthropy Grant awarded to Cell Dogs

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The Panther Experiential Philanthropy Project (PEPP) at Chapman University has awarded a $1000 grant to help fund Cell Dogs’ mission. We are so grateful for this recognition!

 

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Checkers the dog

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Yogi the dog

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My husband and I love Cell Dogs! Our story is unique because we actually met Milo before he entered the program. Milo was a very different dog before: he didn’t come from a great home and didn’t know how to interact with other dogs, was skittish and not at all obedient... Read More

Jennifer JohnsonMilo, Class of 2017