Hey there, I'm Chris Debeau with your weekly dose of feel good news.

You'll hear about a teen track star who's going to the Olympics this month in Paris.

You know, it's every kid's dream to be in the position that I am in right now.

Plus how the death of dinosaurs may have led to the birth of wine.

From CNN, this is five good things.

Dogs and humans deserve second chances, don't you agree? Well, that's the whole point of unchained, a nonprofit that connects at-risk youth in California

with homeless dogs

for an eight-week training program.

It's meant to help get the dog adopted

while also teaching kids who train them responsibility,

compassion, and empathy.

When our kids are thanked for what they're doing and helping give a dog a second chance at life,

we see the shift in them.

Melissa Wolf is the founder of Unchained, and she's been selected as one of this year's CNN heroes.

Unchained works with teachers, professional dog trainers, and licensed mental health specialists

inside juvenile detention centers and schools for the training course with the kids.

We don't know their stories, what their rap sheet is.

They may share a very similar story with their dog,

that their dog has experienced neglect or abandonment or maybe

abuse we get to go in with a blank slate.

You ready?

Generally?

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