PAW Alliance New Leash on Life & New Start in Life

Happy Hump Day! Week Three at the prison.
The instructors and trainers are working with the pups on focus, loose leash walking and stay. All four of "the Jays" are doing well.

We've learned that JACK is a SNUGGLER.
JILL is a LOVER.
JASMINE loves CHILDREN.
JOEY is a HAPPY PARTY Boy who will love an ACTIVE FAMILY and a FENCED YARD.

All different. All doing wonderfully with their training!

We need help! Any friends or followers available?
We need a quick and dirty... well, not dirty, really...folding pyramid table tent designed for an upcoming event.
Probably would fold to around 4 x 6. We have the language and logos, but design ain't our thang.
If you're familiar with Canva or any other design program, we sure could use some help.
Please message us (oh please!) if you're interested and able.
Thanks SO MUCH.

Happy Labor Day!
As you know, our programs are labors of love.
WEEK THREE at the prison... we'll post updates soon on what we're working on with the pups.

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WEEK TWO of training at the prison:
STILL working on bonding (different dogs do it at different times. Right now, Jasmine--whom we fear was likely abused--is very very tentative. Luckily, she has John.)

So, bonding AND *focus and eye contract, *Sit and Down, * Lying on their matts, and * beginning loose leash walking.

Dennis, our very experienced trainer, has both Jack and Jill, because we're down a trainer and only have 3. He is working miracles, we hear. Lucky us.

And Melvin, our newest trainer, has Joey. He is learning quickly and catching on well.

"The Jays," our 7th class with Jack and Jill, Jasmine, and Joey, are in their 2nd week of training.

People have asked us what our training protocol is. Good question!
As soon as we can get our hands on our instructors' week-by-week lessons, we'll share them.

We can say, though, that the first week is BONDING and name recognition. These dogs come from different shelters, usually not knowing their names at the shelters, and haven't had the greatest of lives.

The men and the instructors (2 of whom come on Monday, and 2 others on Thursday) give a whole lot of love, treats, gentle rubs, and call the dogs their names often.

Usually, the first thing taught that week--depends on the dog!--is sit. There's a hand signal that eventually gets joined with the word.

But, first week, it's all about the love.

❤️ Shot 17 times, ear chopped off, blinded and left tied to a box to die, Maggie is now a therapy dog helping others get better🍀

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When adopting an animal, it is important to remember the 3/3/3 Adoption Rules! Just like moving to a new place, or when we were kids, going to a new school, it sometimes takes time to adjust to new surroundings! It can be the same for animals being adopted out!
𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬:
• May feel overwhelmed or scared.
• May not be comfortable being themselves.
• May shut down and/or hide - especially our more timid animals!
• May potty at home even if potty trained.
𝟑 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬:
• Finds their routine.
• True personality begins to show.
• Behaviors may start to change.
𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬:
• Bonds and trust begin to build.
• Gains a sense of security
• Routine set, ready to conquer with their forever human

❤️🍀
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Well, Jack and Jill (we love the names!) wanted you to know a little more about them, too.
Their first day was 8/19, and here's what they're hoping for, that day and every day.
Good dogs! Don't tumble down the hill!

Our dogs arrived Monday, have met their trainers, and two of them have already told us what they'd like you to know about them.

So, here are Jasmine and Joey's little info sheets that they've approved.

Then four new pix of all four dogs.

Our shy, wary Jasmine accepts a treat from her gentle trainer, John. She usually is very wary of men.
They met today. Soon, they will be in love.

AND... Countdown #1: One day until the pups arrive at the prison! "The Jays" come early tomorrow afternoon! Jack and Jill, Jasmine, and Joey. Here's Joey:

And #1 thing people might not know about PAW Alliance: We are and have been so far a women-founded and women-run nonprofit.

We have GREAT male board members and volunteers, too.

(And also, btw, our gofundme campaign, which ends today, is at $1,200!!! $200 over our goal. Thank you to all. That's a WHOLE lot of food, treats, bedding, toys, and equipment.)

What a BEAUTIFUL bunch of good people. Debra D. just got our gofundme to $1,200 ---$200 over our goal!
We so LOVE our peeps. xoxoxoxo

Donate to Help us help prison pups and prisoners!, organized by Candide Jones YOU can make a difference by donating today to Piedmont Animal We… Candide Jones needs your support for Help us help prison pups and prisoners!

Countdown Day #2! Two days 'til the new pups arrive at the prison. Here's Jill, sweet girl.

AND #2 of things people may not know about us:
We receive no funding from the state, county, city, United Way, or any other agency. We depend solely on contributions from our village... and our village is very kind to us. THANK YOU!

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center leaders hosted back-to-back California Model town hall discussions with staff and the population. Read the full story at Inside CDCR: https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/insidecdcr/2024/08/15/san-quentin-hosts-california-model-town-hall/

A HUGE thank you to Anonymous for taking us even farther over our goal in our gofundme campaign. Boy, do we have fantastic supporters and followers... AND adopters!

Countdown #3: Three days til our pups arrive at the prison! Here's Jasmine.

AND #3 thing about us that some people might not know:
We ain't in it for the money. We lose money on every adopted dog and every fostered animal... (as do many other nonprofits. Hence, we're nonprofits!)

We don't have an Executive Director or a paid staff. We're all-volunteer. We do get help from a wonderful person who assists us very part-time with our records. (She's not staff; she has her own business that helps many businesses and individuals with varied chores from dog-walking and pet-sitting to errands to keeping people organized.)

We do this purely out of love.

Thanks to Elite Canine Training for this great reminder and tip.

We often think of recall as a skill of away. We are calling the dog away from something, the street, another dog, wildlife. But that sets us up to have recall became adversarial. We are pitting the dog against their own desires and often time instincts. Instead we can greatly help our dogs recall in all sorts of situations by viewing recall as a game of Towards, not away.

When we position recall as a game of towards, we are using it as an opportunity for our dogs to seek out reinforcement. It’s their opportunity to come towards us, to join us. If we treat recall as a chance to ask a dog towards us, towards reinforcement, we can see recall as a different experience. It becomes a different game, a different option for our dogs entirely. We are not asking them to come away from a squirrel, we are asking them to join us in a game of chase. We are not asking them to come away from some one up ahead, we are asking them to come and get a delicious snack. We are not asking them to come away from all the smells on the opposite end of the field we are asking them to join us in exploring a new direction.

If you always treat recall as an invitation to play together you will see rather quickly how much more reliable it becomes.
-Irwin Dog Training

What a lovely thing! Sarah J just took us OVER the top of our gofundme campaign!
Thank you, Sarah, and to EVERYONE who supported us!
Love our peeps!

Our website is up and running again!!! Huge thanks to Stacy and Isaac!!!