Troubled Teen Cares for Unwanted Dog　　同命相怜

　　When a troubled teen cares for an unwanted dog the healing begins for both.

　　当一个困惑的少年照看一条被遗弃的小狗，双方的心灵同时得到了慰籍和医治

　　By Cathy Free（作者：凯西·佛雷）

　　Spiker is only a year old but he's already done time on death row. Abandoned by his owners he landed in an animal shelter with a policy of destroying dogs that were passed over for adoption.

　　斯派克是一只只有一岁大的小狗，但由于被主人抛弃，无人照看而濒临死亡的边缘。所幸它被送到一个用于收养流浪狗的庇护所得到照看。

　　Now though he's gotten a reprieve. "Come on Spiker. You can do it" his trainer urges. "Shake boy shake!"

　　现在，它的生命有了保障，"来，勇敢点，斯派克，你能行的".它的驯养师鼓励它"来，乖乖，握握手".

　　Spiker a mix of German shorthaired pointer and Labrador retriever gazes at the young woman perplexed. Then he remembers: Last time he obeyed Marcy a biscuit magically appeared. Slowly he raises his right paw. "Good boy" Marcy says ruffling the dog's spotted coat and offering a treat. 斯派克，这只带有德国短耳指针犬与拉布拉多犬杂交血统的后代，不知所措的盯着这位少女。终于它明白了，服从了玛希，一块饼干魔术般的出现在眼前。它慢慢的抬起了右爪。"好孩子"玛希说着并用手抚弄着它带斑点的皮肤并将饼干奖赐给它

　　Spiker is changing Marcy's life as surely as Marcy is changing his. The 18-year-old has lived at Echo Glen Children's Center a state-operated juvenile correctional facility in Snoqualmie Washington for nine months. While she's there she's participating in Canine Connections a program that brings unwanted dogs and incarcerated kids together.

　　斯派克在改变玛希的生活的同时也改变了自己的生活。这个18岁的女孩现在住在位于华盛顿区斯诺科美-州立青少年援助机构的埃克·格林少年管教中央已经9个月了。在此期间，她参加了卡宁联系社，这是一个将被遗弃的流浪狗与受监禁的孩子在一同生活的的项目。

　　"I've never been attached to a dog before because things always move away from me" Marcy says. "It's like with my family. They die or they leave me." Marcy never knew her father; her mother died of a drug overdose when Marcy was eight. After that she began shuttling from one foster home to another-more than 50 in all. Unable to get along with any of her host families she ended up on the streets selling crack. She was a regular in juvenile court until a judge ordered her to spend a year at Echo Glen.