By R. Norman Moody
Florida Today
DAYTONA BEACH — Suzuki stared up at Tom Reynolds as if waiting for a command. Reynolds, of Cape Canaveral, draws the dog close and tells how grateful he is to have the animal.
“He’s done phenomenal since I brought him home,” he said. Reynolds received Suzuki, a Labrador, Shepherd and Pitbull mix dog, through a partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Tomoka Correctional Institution Work Camp in Volusia County.
“He is going to be a good ambassador for the program,” said Reynolds, 66, a disabled Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Prison Pups N Pals, which started about three years ago, is an effort involving the prison, West Volusia Kennel Club, and Halifax Humane Society to train shelter dogs, making them more adoptable.
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