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The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase of their lives together: working closely with prison inmates in Maine who raise and train puppies to become service dogs.On their travels across America, former US Marine Craig Grossi and his devoted dog Fred were invited to speak at Maine State Prison - the penitentiary that inspired Stephen King's famous "Shawshank." While there, he met a group of very special inmates, participants in a program run by the non-profit America's Vet Dogs.Craig discovered that many of the prisoners are veterans - former soldiers serving their country in an entirely different way: transforming purebred Labrador Retrievers from floppy puppies into indispensable companions for disabled vets.