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Can Do Canines brings dog trainings back to Faribault prison
Can Do Canines resumed training operations at the correctional facility Thursday, bringing in two assistance dogs to be cared for and trained by a pair of inmates.
FARIBAULT, Minn. — A pup-ular prison program found its way back to Faribault after an eight-year hiatus, bringing with it proven benefits for both the dogs in training and their inmate handlers.
Can Do Canines, a nonprofit organization that seeks to create partnerships between specially trained dogs and their humans living with disabilities, resumed operations at the Faribault Correctional Facility Thursday, bringing in two assistance dogs to be cared for and trained by a pair of selected inmates.
“We’re excited to be resuming this partnership with Faribault,” said the director of training for Can Do Canines, Julianne Larsen, in a statement. “The exceptional care and training our dogs get in prison sets them up for the success they will bring to their clients.”
The organization said the two, 1-year-old black labs, Crombie and Penny, will be with their respective inmate handlers for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will attend weekly training with a Can Do Canines staff member and their foster handler.
According to the nonprofit, the dogs will learn basic assistance and obedience skills, as well as at least one type of specialized skill set to help clients living with disabilities involving mobility challenges; hearing loss or deafness; seizure disorders; diabetes complicated by hypoglycemia unawareness; or childhood autism. The org said some dogs are also stationed in hospitals or EMS stations.
Faribault was the first prison to host the program back in 2005 and now rejoins the roster with seven other facilities across Minnesota and Wisconsin, including correctional facilities in Duluth, Rochester, Sandstone, and Waseca, Minnesota, and Black River Falls, Chippewa Falls and Stanley, Wisconsin.
Can Do Canines said over the years, staff has heard a plethora of positive feedback from inmates involved with the program, who said the “experience has changed their lives,” and helped them become more “responsible and compassionate,” while giving them a clearer sense of purpose.
When the dogs are up to snuff, or sniff, rather, they’ll return to the Twin Cities and be placed in a volunteer’s home before beginning their final training periods at Can Do Canines’ in New Hope.
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Police are investigating after three men were shot early on Saturday morning.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are investigating after three men were shot in the Ventura Village neighborhood early Saturday morning.
According to Minneapolis police, officers were called to the area around East 21st Street and South 15th Avenue around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Officers found three men had been shot. One of the men died and the two others were taken to the hospital with what police described as life-threatening injuries.
Officials said the shooting happened at a small homeless encampment.
Police have not announced any arrests as of Saturday morning.
KARE 11 will update this story as more information is made available.
This Halloween the chocolate shop is getting very festive.
MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, Minn. — A small sweet shop in a Minnesota river town has won some BIG awards for its chocolates.
St. Croix Chocolate Company in Marine on St. Croix has won national and international awards including Best of Show in this year’s America’s Division of the International Chocolate Awards.
Their chocolates are available at the St. Croix Chocolate Company kitchen or online.
This Halloween they are selling a Halloween Countdown Calendar that features 14 prize-winning recipes made into ghosts, bats, skulls and other spooky configurations. They also have a Boo Bag-handled tote that comes with their “best of” Halloween assortment.
Owner and Chocolatier, Robyn Dochterman, joined KARE 11 Saturday to share what St. Croix Chocolate Company has to offer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Making pasta at home is relatively simple, as long as you have the right tools.
October is National Pasta Month and Red Rabbit‘s Corporate Chef, Adam Lerner, joined KARE 11 Saturday to show us how to make homemade noodles in the confines of your own kitchen.
