Puppies Behind Bars is a not for profit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs. One program within the Puppies Behind Bars organization is called DogTags. Under the DogTags Program inmates train puppies to become service dogs for soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Puppies Behind Bars launched the Dog Tags service dogs program in 2006 to help injured veterans cope with the challenges of their daily lives. The specially trained Golden and Labrador Retrievers can perform tasks such as opening and closing doors, assisting with grocery shopping and retrieving food from the refrigerator. For veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the dogs are trained to remind their companions to take medications and to help them cope with anxiety as they proceed through their daily routines.

During their training:
- The puppies live in prison with their incarcerated trainers.
- The raisers learn what it means to contribute to society, rather than take from it.

Vibram, the leading provider of military footwear for the most conditions on earth has teamed up with FetchDog to create the DogTags Chewy Shoe. With every Chewy Shoe purchase, $2 will be contributed to the DogTags program. The DogTags Chewy Shoe is made of all natural, non-toxic rubber from the same molds used to make the soles of military boots and has a mountaineering rope lanyard to make playing fetch easy.

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