Travis County inmates ready to train dogs after graduation

DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — Travis County now has 21 new dog trainers.
Inmates at the Travis County Correctional Complex graduated from their ‘Dogs 101’ course Tuesday. The program, which has been around for a while, gives them hands-on experience training dogs from the Austin Animal Center.
The program gives the dogs exercise and attention while inmates build relationships and boost self-confidence and gain experience that could lead to volunteer or job opportunities a