"We can do good things for people who need help."īen, 17, agrees: "I've got family that want to see me making new changes and decisions in my life, so hopefully seeing this will make them real happy." "Just because we're, like criminals," said 17-year-old Karl. The inmates have ambitions of their own, and a message for people on the outside: "Don't be judgmental." "So the opportunity to expand and meet that unmet demand in the future is huge. "Only one in four people who are eligible for a guide dog actually have one," Mr Adrian said. Guide Dogs NSW said 60 dogs should graduate next year but it was hoping to increase that figure to 100 in the next few years. With our staff here, with each other and definitely with the pups," she said. "It really softens them and changes the way they interact with others. The woman in charge at the detention centre, Crosbi Knight, said the program teaches detainees responsibility and empathy. They're happy, playful and always hungry." "They make your day," said 19-year-old Myles. "We're ready to expand and hopefully in the next few weeks we'll be able to bring a few more puppies up to join the program."Īnd aside from chewing the odd shoe, it seems the puppies have brought a lot of joy to their carer. "We're really impressed with the way the boys are working with the dogs and the professionalism of the staff here. So the opportunity to work with centres such as this to raise our puppies was exciting. "And it's becoming increasingly difficult to bring families in. From eight weeks of age up until 12 months," he said. "We're in desperate need of more people to raise these beautiful labradors. Guide Dogs services manager Paul Adrian said 25 people were waiting for guide dogs in NSW alone, and this program would help reduce the waiting list. Ziggy: (Barking) Chauncy: Oi! That's enough! Guide Dogs 'in desperate need' of more trainers They're just really accommodating, really friendly. Ziggy the labrador: (Barking) Chauncy: (Laughs) Shoosh! The fact that they call me 'Miss' is a bit unnerving but I'm getting used to that. ( ABC News: Nicole Chettle)Ĭhauncy: It's good to see the relationship between the pups and the young men. Guide Dogs NSW handler Kerry Chauncy says the detainees are proving model dog trainers. I couldn't have asked for a better start to the program."īut, puppies being puppies, it was difficult to conduct an interview without interruption. "Every instruction that I give them they follow to a tee," she said. Puppy development adviser for Guide Dogs NSW Kerry Chauncy said some of the offenders had never owned a dog, but they were faring well.
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"A blind person's going to get this dog," he said. Seventeen-year-old Connor (names have been changed for legal reasons) said it felt good to give back to the community. Inmates take the dogs with them to classes inside the centre and take part in a rigorous training program. The dogs are each assigned two inmates to care for them, 24 hours a day, five days a week. Two six-month-old puppies, Ziggy and Zephyr, have been raised at the Frank Baxter Juvenile Detention Centre at Kariong, on the NSW Central Coast. They are doing such a good job, Guide Dogs New South Wales wants to put more puppies behind bars, in an effort to slash the six-month wait for vision-impaired people who need a guide dog. Young men detained for assault, theft and drug offences are training guide dogs in a program they say has changed their lives.