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THEIR PUPS WITH A PURPOSE. GUYS SAY HELLO TO BLITZ. HE IS PART OF THE CHARGERS PUP PROGRAM, WHICH RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THE LIFE CHANGING IMPACT THESE ANIMALS HAVE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. BLITZ IS A RESCUE FROM PAWS FOR LIFE, K9 RESCUE, AND WE'RE JOINED LIVE BY ALEX TANA. SHE'S THE CEO OF PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE. CHEYENNE WARREN DIAZ, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR THE LOS ANGELES CHARGERS. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. AND HI THERE, BLITZ. HOW ARE YOU? OH, ARE YOU TIRED, SIR? YOU'RE GIVING US A LITTLE YAWN. LET ME PUT THIS DOWN BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WANT TO PLAY WITH HIM. OKAY. THE CHARGERS PROGRAM IS SO AMAZING.
TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. YES. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. TO WORK WITH PARTNER LIFE K9 RESCUE AND OUR PARTNER EASTERSEALS TO HIGHLIGHT EACH YEAR. A NEW DOG WITH PAWS FOR LIFE WHO IS RESCUED FROM LOCAL SHELTERS AND TRAINED INSIDE OF PRISONS TO BE A SERVICE ANIMAL. WOW. SO YEAH, THIS IS OUR FOURTH DOG WITH PAWS FOR LIFE THAT WE'RE FEATURING. YOU GOT OUR FANS CAN FOLLOW HIM ON HIS JOURNEY AND ON INSTAGRAM AT CHARGERS PUP UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF SERVICE ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE LIFE CHANGING NATURE THAT THEY CAN HELP. NO, IT'S REALLY AMAZING. AND SERVICE DOGS, USUALLY YOU CAN'T PET THEM. SO YOU GUYS ARE LETTING ME PET THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU. HE'S STILL IN TRAINING. YEAH HE'S STILL IN TRAINING. HE'S BEEN IN TRAINING FOR FIVE MONTHS, SO HE SHOULD BE GRADUATING AND SOME TIME IN FEBRUARY. THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT PURPOSE. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DOGS THAT ARE UP FOR ADOPTION, BUT THIS IS A GREAT NEED AS WELL. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT. AND EVERY DOG THAT WE TRAIN FOR SERVICE IS FROM A SHELTER. OH THAT'S AMAZING. WELL, TELL US MORE ABOUT PAWS FOR LIFE. SO PAWS FOR LIFE. WE TRAIN SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS OF WAR. THIS IS OUR FIRST DOG THAT WE'RE TRAINING FOR AN AUTISTIC
CHILD. AND WE ALSO HAVE A FACILITY IN MISSION HILLS, AND WE TRAIN FOR FREE FOR THE PUBLIC AND DO ADOPTIONS. I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT. AND WE'VE FEATURED DOGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PUT UP FOR ADOPTION. YOU'VE HAD DOGS AT THE GAMES. YOU GUYS DO SUCH GREAT WORK WITH THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YES, WE LOVE WORKING WITH ANIMALS AND WE LOVE WORKING WITH POTS FOR LIFE TO FEATURE SOME OF THE DOGS THAT THEY PULL FROM LOCAL SHELTERS, AND REALLY SHOWING THAT THOSE ANIMALS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SERVICE FOR SERVICE. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ANIMAL IN A LOCAL SHELTER CAN BE A SERVICE ANIMAL, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL. YEAH, I.
THINK THAT IS TRUE BECAUSE I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A SPECIFIC BREED. YEAH. AND THEN THAT YOU HAVE TO BREED THEM WHEN ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT THE DOGS THAT COME FROM SHELTERS AND ARE TRAINED HAVE A HIGHER SUCCESS RATE THAN THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY BRED. NO WAY. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO IS IT LIKE A SPECIFIC TEMPERAMENT? BECAUSE I DO NOTICE HE'S LIKE VERY CALM FOR A TWO YEAR OLD. YEAH, IT'S A DOG THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALL DAY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON THAT NEEDS THAT DOG. SO WE LOOK FOR A DOG THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET WORN OUT PRETTY EASILY. SO SOMEBODY WITH HIGH ENERGY.
YES. HE LIKES HIS LITTLE BUTT SCRATCHES. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT MY OLD DOG LIKES TOO. HI THERE BUDDY. HELLO. AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL. SO THIS COULD BE ANY DOG IN A SHELTER? YEAH. ANY DOG. THIS IS REALLY AMAZING. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT GOES INTO IT. HOW LONG IS IT FOR? SO THE TRAINING CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 9 MONTHS. AND THIS DOG HAS TWO TRAINERS THAT ARE ON HIM 24 HOURS A DAY. HE LIVES IN. THE CELL WITH THEM. SO. SO IF WE'RE DOING A DOG FOR PTSD, YOU KNOW, FOR A VETERAN WHO HAS NIGHT TERRORS, WE TRAIN THE DOG TO WAKE SOMEONE UP WITH NIGHT TERRORS. SO. SO HE'S TRAINED ALL THE TIME WHILE HE'S IN PRISON. AND THEN
HE COMES OUT AND HE DOES PUBLIC ACCESS WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT TEACH HIM HOW TO GO ON ESCALATORS, GO ON TRAINS, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING THAT A PERSON WOULD NEED TO DO ON EVERY DAY WITH THEIR DOG. WOW. THIS IS ALSO PROBABLY SO FULFILLING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PRISON WHO ARE TRAINING HIM. TALK ABOUT THAT PART. IT'S GREAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE IT'S REHABBING THEM AND THEN REHABBING THE DOG. SO IT'S IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. YEAH, YEAH. THIS IS SO GREAT. I'VE LOVED EVERY DOG THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. HOW'S IT BEEN GOING HAVING THE DOGS AT THE GAMES AND GETTING THEM ADOPTED?
UM, IT'S BEEN GREAT. OUR MVP PUP PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME UP TO US ON GAME DAY AND SEE DOGS, IS REALLY EXCITING FOR, FOR FANS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF JUST INTERACT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR LOCAL SHELTERS AND RESCUES IN THEIR AREA. AND THEN HAVING BLITZ ON GAME DAY, HE COMES TO QUITE A FEW GAMES AS WELL. YOU DO BLITZ. ON GAME DAY TOO. OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW I THINK WE BELONG TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME HAIR. JUST SAYING WE'RE TWINSIES. LADIES THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING BLITZ. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT SERVICE DOG. GUYS, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
