Monday, November 23, 2020

PBS Short Film Festival : Happy Hounds (2020)



Made for PBS, aired July 13th in the US.
Season 2020. Episode 23.
The story: Linda Domer had been training dogs for two years when she began working for Maryland's Happy Hounds Prison Dog Program in 2016.
She now works with medium security Roxbury Correctional Institution, with inmates training shelter dogs two times a week.
The program helps and teaches both the dogs and the inmates on many levels.
The inmates work with the dogs on any issues they may have, helping ready them for being adopted into their forever homes.
It's a lot of work but it's also very rewarding work.
Stars Linda Domer, Brad Woodfall, Mr. Ennis, Mr. Smith, Jonathan Hughes
Director unknown.
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY

"When you show that patience with them and you spend that time with them and you commit to that dog, the response out of them is incredible."

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