• 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, most dogs are adopted into loving families
    Adopter with Oreo
  • And some bright canines go on to become service dogs
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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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KCRW FEATURES Cell Dogs!

Cell Dogs’ program in Orange County Sheriff’s Department Central Women’s Jail trained Franny, Alfie and Scotty. KCRW featured it!

KCRW’s features air on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and bring stories, special interviews, and in-depth reporting from the field in Souther California.

The Cell Dogs feature first aired on 7/23/2024.

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Checkers the dog

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We Train Service Dogs

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