The Lee County Cell Dogs Program is a unique partnership between The Lee County Sheriff's Office, Lee County Animal Services, Companion Dog Training Center, and Hill's Pet Nutrition.

The Cell Dogs Program places homeless shelter dogs to be obedience trained by carefully selected inmates. The dog training program, taught by volunteers from Companion Dog Training Center, teaches inmates how to obedience train dogs during an intensive 8 to 16 week course.

Upon graduation, the dogs are highly adoptable and possess obedience skills such as how to heel, sit, recall, and stay. They are also housed trained, leash trained and responsive to voice commands and some hand signals.

Lee County Ortiz Facilities
Core, Stockade and CPU
2501 Ortiz Avenue
Fort Myers, FL  33905