Matt Clark – March 26, 2017 LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – An organization is looking for a little puppy love. The organization Can Do Canines raises puppies to become service dogs in a variety of settings, including assessing people with autism or diabetes. Now the organization is spreading its reach into prisons, offering a program for inmates at the Jackson Correctional Institution to be assigned puppies that will follow them around in the facility. But the organization also wants the puppies to get acquainted with the outside world so now they’re looking for 10 volunteers to foster them on the …
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The Herald Journal: Locally born Can Do Canines graduate
BY GABE LICHT Editor NEW HOPE, MN – Slightly more than two years after being born in Dana Kittok’s rural Maple Plain home, four Can Do Canines crossed the stage with their clients to graduate as service dogs Feb. 18. “To see ‘my’ babies on stage at graduation with their clients filled my heart with pride,” Kittok said. “To know they took their first breath in my hands over two years ago and see the greatness they do for their clients is remarkable.” Kittok finds satisfaction in whelping puppies for Can Do Canines. “Mother Theresa said, ‘The meaning of life …