Pups with Purpose program is a partnership between FCSO and the Animal Shelter. Inmates are given an
08/15/2023
🐾Important Update regarding our Social media🐾 We have started a new Facebook and Instagram page. Our new face book page is Forsyth County Pups With Purpose and our new Instagram is pups.with.purpose.forsyth. We hope to see you on our new pages!
08/15/2023
Trying to catch some rays today! ☀️☀️
08/06/2023
Me when I realize tomorrow is Monday:
08/04/2023
🐾Welcome Class 20!!🐾 Introducing Kiara, Kodak, Rocko, & Daisy. We are so excited to have these sweet puppies and we can't wait to see how much they flourish here! Rucker Dog Training
07/03/2023
🐾Class 19 Update: Scotia and Lucky have been adopted and went to their forever homes! We are so excited for them and will miss them so much 🐾
06/23/2023
🐾Scotia loves learning new tricks, and is super food motivated. In this video she is walking in Center/Guard. She can spin on command, she is still working on rolling over. 🐾
She is still up for adoption, let's find her forever home!!
06/23/2023
🐾Lucky is learning some new tricks! He has learned how to roll over, spin, and go into center🐾
He is still up for adoption, let's find him his forever home!!
06/14/2023
🐾Scotia and Lucky are still looking for their forever homes! Let's get these awesome pups adopted. They are both so sweet and love to play! 🐾
Scotia is approximately three years old and Lucky is approximately 9 years old
06/09/2023
🐾Allie and Journey found their fuever homes! These girls have come such a long way since when they first got here. We will miss you both so much, but we know ya'll went to the perfect homes! 🐾
Scotia and Lucky are still looking for their furever homes. Their adoption fees are still waived. For more information or to apply please go to: https://www.forsythpupswithpurpose.com/
05/31/2023
🐾Class 19 Update! The Forsyth County Animal Shelter has waived their adoption fees for their Summer of Love Promotion. This includes waiving the adoption fee for our sweet pups! Scotia, Lucky, Allie, and Journey are still up for adoption. 🐾
To apply or for more information, please go to the Forsyth County Animal Shelter's Website!
Some information on these pups:
-Scotia: 3 years old. Terrier, American Pit Bull/Mix
-Lucky: 9 years old. Hound/Mix
-Allie: 2 years old. Boxer/Mix
-Journey: 6 years old. Terrier, American Pit Bull/Mix
05/26/2023
Brownie went to his furever home today!! 😁 This sweet boy was so fun to train, and he picked up on new commands and tricks so quickly. We will miss you Brownie, but we are so excited for you!
Scotia, Allie, Lucky, and Journey are still up for adoption. To apply, go to the Forsyth County Animal Shelter's Website!
05/05/2023
This is LUCKY🐾
He is a Hound Mix that is currently ready to be adopted by his
4-EVER FAMILY.
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The Forsyth County Jail's Pups with Purpose training program is a unique partnership between the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, dog trainer Scot Rucker, and the Forsyth County Animal Shelter. The program gives carefully selected inmates an opportunity to give back to society by providing foster care and basic obedience training to homeless, unwanted animals, while enhancing the inmate's social and vocational skills. Each animal has one primary inmate trainer and at least one secondary inmate trainer who will prepare their dog to be a better canine citizen for adoption.
The program will be taught by volunteer citizen dog trainers who will instruct inmates on how to properly care for and train assigned dogs during an intensive obedience training program. During the training program, each dog will be socialized through interaction with people and other animals. Each dog will be taught obedience skills such as how to heel, sit, recall, and stay. The canines will also be house trained and learn to be responsive to voice commands.
Upon completion of the Pups with Purpose program, each dog will possess the skills necessary to function as a fully trained pet to a loving adoptive family.
Not only does the program provide selected canines that would have been "euthanized" a second chance, but it also provides social and job skills to inmates in the areas of dog training and dog grooming.
The goal of the Pups with Purpose program is to establish a community partnership that provides the opportunity for inmates to enhance their self-worth by improving their social and vocational skills in order to assist them in becoming productive citizens after release. In addition, the program will ensure the fostered dog possesses the skills to enjoy a lifelong relationship with a loving adoptive family, saving the dog from certain death.
The benefits for the inmates:
Participating inmates learn to redirect their focus from themselves to others
Inmates learn valuable, marketable job skills
Inmates obtain a feeling of satisfaction and self-worth as they volunteer their time to a canine's life
The program gives them an opportunity to return something positive back to the community- a healthy, well socialized and well-adjusted pet
The program will improve social skills to better prepare the inmate for release back into the community
Benefits to the community:
Lowers the euthanasia rate in the Forsyth County animal shelter