FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A blind man is thanking inmates at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility for their work in training puppies that become guide dogs.
Len Quinn says he greatly relies on his 3-year-old dog that he says has saved his life on a number of occasions.
Quinn says the definition of a hero is someone who does “something special, who changes a life.” He told the inmates that they were his heroes during a Sunday speech at the fifth annual Puppy Days at the facility.
The Messenger (http://bit.ly/1LsOMv1 ) reports that Quinn is one of more than 550 people who have benefited from dogs raised by inmates under Warden James McKinney.
McKinney says the dog training also helps inmates in their rehabilitation, because it helps them learn responsibility and compassion.
