Any pups you'd adopt from these amazing people have been medically checked out, spayed or neutered, and vaccinated. They come with microchips and are adept at the basic commands that make life wonderful for any human-canine mutual love connection. Photos and blurbs about each dog's journey appear on the website, including what kinds of lifestyles the dog would be best suitable for. But what makes this the best place to adopt a pet is that each animal is a rescue that is paired with an incarcerated youth at Juvenile Hall in Orange. The teenage inmates have had four weeks of instruction in how to teach obedience training prior to meeting their canine pals. The dog-and-youth pair live together 24 hours a day: They work and play. They loll about, hang out, read comic books, study for class, nap. A bond forms that is maybe the first of its kind in either of their lives. When the dog graduates the program—it must pass the AKC Good Canine Citizen test—its human companion personally hands over the dog to the lucky person who gets to take the dog home. But it's no easy task to adopt one. There's an application that makes sure you're going to make a forever home for the pup you adopt. So be serious—and hope you get lucky (you can put the name of the dog you want to adopt on your application).
