Human Metrics

• Increased willingness and ability to cooperate and engage positively in team-settings

• Increased ability to tolerate, experience, and express emotional discomfort in a constructive manner

• Increased awareness of the needs and emotional states of self and others, and appropriate behavioral responses

• Increased reported sense of camaraderie among participants

• Increased reported sense of self-esteem and social value

• Increased willingness and ability to engage in honest self-reflection

• Increased understanding of canine behavior and how canine-handling principles can be applied to interpersonal relationships in and out of incarceration

• Procurement of canine-handling skills for professional application after incarceration

Canine Metrics

• Completion of Canine Good Citizen Certification

• Increased signs of trust and respect with handlers and other humans

• Decreased symptoms of nervousness, insecurity, and fear

• Decreased tendencies toward possessiveness and territoriality 

• Increased balanced social behavior toward other dogs

• Increased obedience to handlers