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Join UnChained as a Coach now in Salinas, Santa Cruz, San Jose and Morgan Hill!
ADOPT
When you adopt an UnChained dog, you get a dog who, through positive clicker training, has learned basic manners such as sit, down, stay and loose-leash walking.
More importantly, you get a dog who has received love, reassurance and a new-found confidence.
Youโll also receive the satisfaction of knowing that your dog gave unconditional love to deserving youth in your community, offering them hope and confidence in return.
Click below to meet our trained UnChained dogs!
PENNY
DOTTIE
MURPHY
ARNIE
PIPER
OTTO
SUKI
SUSHI
PEARL
OLLIE
ATHENA
MARLEY
SEE OUR WORK IN ACTION
UnChained is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working in Santa Cruz, Monterey and Santa Clara counties.
Through our Canines Teaching Compassion program, UnChained gives youth the mental and emotional tools they need to take agency over their lives in their own way.
By learning how-to and providing a fear free, positive learning environment for their companion they learn themselves how to operate in the world successfully on their own.
The youth develop values of patience, respect and responsibility for themselves and others and stay committed to their dogs until the program has completed and their dogs find their forever homes.
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VOLUNTEER
Become an UnChained volunteer helping to change the lives of your communityโs youth and dogs and celebrate them at their graduation.
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ADOPT
UnChained partners with local animal organizations to help identify dogs who can train with our youth in different environments.
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DONATE
Your donation helps provide opportunities for our dogs and their youth to get a second chance at life and apply the skills they learn with us.
LATEST NEW AND EVENTS
UnChained Youth: Making A Difference At San Jose Juvenile Hall - March 2023
Listen to โLiving UnChainedโ: a beautiful song by UnChained volunteer, Morgen J. Smith.
"๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." - Article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel
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MAKE A DONATION
Support UnChained by making a simple donation or celebrate a beloved pet, person or event with a special in-honor donation to create new opportunities for our communityโs youth and the dogs they train.