[ MUSIC ] >>> IN ALL OF THE SEASONS OF "COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS" WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF TOPICS, HISTORY, PRESERVATION, RAILROADS, FOOD, COOL SITES AROUND OHIO TO VISIT INCLUDING A FEW HAUNTED PLACES AND THE LIST GOES ON, BUT THERE'S ONE TOPIC WE'VE NEVER COVERED UNTIL THIS SHOW.

ARE YOU READY FOR IT?

IT'S A SHOW ALL ABOUT ANIMALS.

WHERE BETTER TO START THAN A VISIT TO THE OHIO WILD LIFE CENTER DEDICATED TO RESCUING INJURED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS WHILE EDUCATING AND CREATING AWARENESS OF OUR NATIVE OHIO ANIMAL NEIGHBORS.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >>> IT'S NO SECRET THAT COLUMBUS IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND CONTINUING TO GROW AND WHILE THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR STATE IT'S GREAT FOR OUR STATE ECONOMY, IT IS A DETRIMENT TO OUR ANIMALS.

THE MORE HOUSES WE BUILD AND THE MORE BUILDINGS WE BUILD AND THE FURTHER OUT WE KEEP GOING AND THE MORE THESE ANIMALS ARE LOSING THEIR HABITAT.

OHIO WILD LIFE CENTER IS THE LARGEST IN THE STATE FOR WILD LIFE REHABILITATORS AND THEY'VE THE FRONT LINE IN TEACHING PEOPLE THIS IS WHAT AN ANIMAL NEEDS HELP AND THIS IS WHEN THEY DON'T NEED HELP AND WE HAVE A WILD LIFE HOSPITAL THAT TAKES IN ANIMALS THAT ARE EITHER INJURED, OR FANNED OR COME TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE ILL. >> WHAT WE HAVE OFTEN ARE WILD LIFE CONFLICT AS HUMANS AND THAT INCLUDES ORPHANED ANIMALS MOSTLY.

THAT MAKES UP 70% OF OUR PROGRAM, THAT INCLUDES SQUIRRELS, RABBITS, RACCOONS AND SONGBIRDS AND OF COURSE, OUR FAVORITE O OPOSSUMS.

WE TOOK OVER A THOUSAND THIS YEAR WHICH IS A LOT, BUT THEY'RE NORTH AMERICA'S MARSUPIAL.

WE LOVE THAT LITTLE KIDDO AND WE ALSO TAKE INJURED ANIMALS.

HIT BY CARS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON AND FOLLOWED BY CATS AND BY DOGS.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> WE HAVE DIFFERENT ROOMS FOR EACH OF OUR SPECIES.

THINGS LIKE TANKS FOR WATER FOWLS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN SWIM DURING THE DAY AND ENCLOSURES FOR LARGER MAMMALS AND THEY CAN MOVE AROUND AND CREATE HOUSING IN DENS AND OTHER SONGBIRDS SO THEY CAN'T ESCAPE AND IT FITS THEIR NEEDS, AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE THINGS OFF-SITE, WINE COOLERS FOR OUR BATS AND THE WINE COOLERS ARE WAYS WE CAN HIBERNATE OUR BATS AND THEY CAN PRACTICE THEIR NATURAL HORMONES OF HIBERNATION.

SO THEY GO INSIDE A WINE COOLER WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 41 DEGREE ASKS REPLICATES THE WINTER FOR THEM AND THEY STAY THERE ALL OF THE WAY UNTIL MAY.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> WE HAVE THREE INCREDIBLE WOMEN, OUR EDUCATION TEAM AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO BRINGING KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> OOH, BIG BOY!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

>> I GET TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE NON-RELEASABLE.

SO WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN STOLEN TO BE A PET OR WHETHER THEY ARE TOO INJURED TO RELEASE BACK OUT INTO THE WILD OR SOMETIMES WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO RELEASE THEM BACK OUT AND THEY'RE PLACED IN AN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT CAN BE WITH US OR IN OTHER PERMIT FACILITIES.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD INTO TORCH AND RUSSIA'S ENCLOSURE AND THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF HAWKS.

WE HAVE TORCH THE RED-TAILED HAWK WHO HAS A VERY STEREO TYPICAL ORANGEY RED TAIL AND WE HAVE RUSS WHO IS OUR OUR AMBASSADOR ANIMALS AND THEY'LL BE WITH US FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE AND TYPICALLY BIRDS LIKE THIS CAN LIVE UNDER HUMAN CARE FOR 20, 30 YEARS AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD LIFE THAT THEY CAN LIVE WITH US.

THEY HAVE REALLY KEEN VISION THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE USING MOSTLY TO FIND THEIR PREY.

THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY OUR HAWKS ARE WITH US AND THAT THEY CAN'T BE RELEASED AND IT'S BECAUSE THESE TWO IN PARTICULAR HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR VISION.

SO TORCH, OUR RED-TAILED HAWK, GOT CAUGHT UP IN A GAS LEAK, LOTS OF PLANTS WILL RELEASE CERTAIN GASSES AND IGNITE THOSE GASSES AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

HE HAD BURNT OFF MOST OF HIS FEATHERS AND WE LIKE TO SAY HE LOOKED LIKE THE ROTISSERIE CHICKENS YOU BUY AT KROGER AND HE HAD BROKEN HIS BEAK, AS WELL AND NONE OF THOSE ARE GOOD FOR A HAWK AND WITH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES HE WOULD NOT BE RELEASABLE MOSTLY WITH THE EYE ISSUE.

WE LIKE TO CALL HIM OUR HOT MESS.

>> THANK [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> THIS IS CHASE AND CHASE IS ONE OF OUR TURKEY VULTURES.

OUR ONLY TURKEY VULTURE.

CHASE IS WITH US BECAUSE HE WAS BORN WITH TERRIBLE CAT RABLTHS CATARACTS AND HE IS ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY BLIND AND HE CAN SEE SHADOWS AND WE CALL HIM TIPPY TAPPY TOES BECAUSE TO GET AROUND HE LIKES TO KIND OF TEST OUT WHERE HE'S ABOUT TO WALK.

VULTURES ARE VERY, VERY SMART.

THEY ARE REALLY SOCIAL SO THEY LIKE TO LIVE IN BIG FAMILY GROUPS AND UNFORTUNATELY WHAT HAPPENED WITH CHASE IS HIS FAMILY WOULD LEAVE HIM FOR THE DAY.

HE WAS NOT REALLY FINDING APPROPRIATE FOOD SO HE WAS PICKING UP TRASH, BEING FED BY PEOPLE SOME INAPPROPRIATE THINGS LIKE CHEETOS AND DORITOS AND ALL OF THAT.

LUCKILY SOMEONE KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT A GREAT LIFE FOR A VULTURE TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT NORMAL VULTURE THINGS CAN DO AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HIM RIGHT NOW IS GETTING A GOOD WEIGHT ON HIM.

HE WEIGHED 1678, ABOUT THREE-ISH POUNDS.

YOU WANT TO GO HOME?

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >>> MY NAME IS ALLISON SULLIVAN AND I'M THE EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND I HANG OUT WITH AMBASSADORS ALL DAY LONG WHICH IS GREAT AND IN THIS HOUSE WE HAVE OUR TWO COYOTES THAT LIVE WITH US FULL TIME.

DRYDEN IS OUR OLDEST KAY OATY AND HE'S 12, ALMOST 13 YEARS OLD NOW AND CASPER IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND HE IS A PUPPY AND DEFINITELY HAS THE PUPPY PERSONALITY.

WE NAMED HIM CASPER BECAUSE THEY'RE FRIENDLY LITTLE GHOSTS AND CASPER IS FRIENDLY, AND LOVES TO SEE PEOPLE AND WE'RE WORKING ON HIS CONFIDENCE.

DRYDEN WHO WAS TAKEN FROM THE WILD WHEN HE WAS A PUP.

THESE GUYS ARE NOT PETS.

THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS AND HE GOT TOO COMFORTABLE WHEN HE WAS A PUP WE PEOPLE AND WHEN CASPER WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL HE WAS FOUND NEXT TO HIS MOM WHO WAS FOUND HIT BY A CAR.

>> THEY WERE TOO HABITUATED AND COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE AND A LOT OF ANIMALS MAKE COOL, EXOTIC PETS AND THEY KEEP WILD LIFE IN THE WILD WHERE THEY BELONG.

THESE TWO WOULD BE OUT HUNTING RODENTS OUT IN THE WILD.

THEY ARE A TOP PREDATOR IN OUR ECOSYSTEM, BUT WHEN THEY CANNOT GO BACK OUT INTO THE WILD AND THEY ARE FRIENDLY LIKE THESE TWO, THEY MAKE EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS FOR THEIR SPECIES AND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE AFRAID OF COYOTES CAN COME LEARN ABOUT THEM AND SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT AS SCARY AND NOT AS BIG AS PEOPLE THINK.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT ENCLOSURE WHERE THE FOXES LIVE.

EVY LIVES ON THIS SIDE.

EVIE'S COLORATION YOU WOULD NOT FIND IN THE WILD AND SHE WAS A CAPTIVE BRED FOX AND UNFORTUNATELY, FARMS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE IN OHIO.

SHE'S NEVER LIVED OUT IN THE WILD AND SHE WAS FOUND OUT IN THE WILD WANDERING AROUND BEING VERY COMFORTABLE PEOPLE AND WALKING RIGHT UP TO PEOPLE WHICH WE NEVER WANT FOR A WILD ANIMAL.

PENELOPE IS A RED FOX THAT'S NOT SO RED.

SHE'S ANOTHER ONE WHO WE THINK WAS CAPTIVE BRED AND HER COLORATION WAS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND NATURALLY IN THE WILD.

MR. POPO, HE WAS A KID AND HIS DEN WAS FLOODED AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE SPREAD OUT AND HE WAS FOUND BY A POLICE OFFICER AND WE NAMED HIM POPO.

EVERY DAY WE GIVE HIM A CARDBOARD BOX OR A NEW SMELL OR A NEW TOY TO PLAY WITH AND THEY'RE MUCH SMARTER THAN PEOPLE GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR.

THESE GUYS LIKE TINY BOXES, WHETHER IT BE A TOOTHPASTE BOX OR A MILK DUD BOX AND WE'LL PUT THEIR KIBEL, FRUIT OR MEAT INSIDE AND THEY LIKE TO CARRY IT AROUND AND FOXES ARE SOMETIMES DIGGERS AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL DIG A HOLE, HIDE THEIR FOOD FOR LATER AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE FUN JUST LIKE WE DO.

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>>> MY NAME IS DELANEY GALBRAITH AND I'M A PRE-RELEASE FACILITY MANAGER AND WE ARE INSIDE OF OUR LARGE RAPTOR ENCLOSURE.

IN HERE IS WHERE OUR LARGE RAPTORS, ANYTHING FROM RED-TAILED HAWKS, A GREAT-HORNED OWL TO A BALD EAGLE SPEND THEIR TIME AFTER THEY'VE BEEN INJURED AND BROUGHT TO OUR HOSPITAL.

HERE THEY LEARN TO FLY AGAIN.

THEY LEARN TO MANEUVER AND CATCH THEIR WILD PREY.

THEY GET THEIR BRAINS TICKLED SO ONCE THEY GO BACK OUT THEY ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

>> OVER AT THE EDUCATION FACILITY, IT'S TOTALLY FINE IF THEY'RE INTO PEOPLE AND OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY ARE GOING BACK OUT TO THE WILD WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE HABITUATED TO PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN A GREAT HORNED OWL COMES UP FOR FOOD.

WE TRY TO KEEP TALKING TO A MINIMUM ESPECIALLY WITH THE A DULTS.

WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER YOU HAVE TO WEAR A FACE MASK AND NOT TALK AT ALL AND THEY WILL IMPRINT QUICKLY AND THEY LIKE TO DIVE BOMB PEOPLE ONCE THEY GET RELEASED.

I'LL GET THE BOPPER AS THEY CALL IT.

THE BOPPER IS A PVC PIPE WITH A POOL NOODLE IN THE END AND THEY ENCOURAGE THEM.

WE COME UP BEHIND THEM AND GIVE THEM AN OVERHEAD VIEW AND NONE OF THEM LIKE IT AND SOMETIMES THE RED TAIL DECIDES NO, I DO NOT WANT TO FLY.

I WANT TO FIGHT YOU, INSTEAD.

WHICH IS, UNFORTUNATELY, RATHER COMMON WHEN THEY'RE FIRST COMING OUT HERE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOPPER IS AND THEY SPEND TIME AT THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO HEAL SEVERE FRACTURES.

WE HAVE A RED-TAILED HAWK HERE WHO FLEW THROUGH A GAS PLUME.

HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS NOW.

HE CAME IN WITH COMPLETELY SCORCHED FEATHERS NOT ABLE TO FLY AT ALL, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING A PROCESS CALLED IMPING.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPING A RED TAIL AND WE'LL BE TAKING OFF DAMAGED FEATHERS AND TAKING THEM ON AND GIVING HIM'S DONOR FEATHER.

THEY'LL MOLT THOSE FEATHERS OFF AND THEY'LL WORK THEIR MUSCLES DURING THE TIME OF THAT MOLT.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A METHOD USING GLUE AND DOWEL RODS.

WE INSERT THE DOWEL ROD INTO THE SHAFT AND WE WILL ATTACH IT TO THE OTHER RED TAIL TO CREATE A NEW FEATHER.

THESE FEATHERS CAME FROM A DONOR.

A DONOR RED TAIL HAD A NON-REHABABLE INJURY AND RATHER THAN HAVE THAT BODY GO TO WASTE IT'S GREAT TO USE THAT FOR OTHER RESOURCES.

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[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >>> RED-TAILED HAWKS AND MOST OF OUR RAPTORS ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN TERRITORY.

SO WE RELEASE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF WHERE THEY WERE FOUND INITIALLY.

WE ALLOW FOR THE HALF MILE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO RELEASE THEM ON THE SIDE OF 71 AFTER THEY GOT HIT BY A CAR.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT WILDLIFE HERE IN OUR BACKYARD AND JUST MAKING SURE IT IS PEACEFULLY COEXISTING IS SO IMPORTANT.

TURNING ON A LIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE GOING OUTSIDE.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE SCARING AWAY A SPECIES BEFORE THE DOG GOES OUT.

KEEPING THE DOG ON A LEASH IF POSSIBLE AND CHECKING FOR A RABBIT'S NEST AND MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT A WILDLIFE ANIMAL LIVING THERE THAT WOULD BE ORPHANED OR NO LONGER WITH A PARENT.

>> MAKING SMALL EFFORTS TO HAVE THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND HAVE THE HEART TO CARE FOR THESE ANIMALS WILL HELP THEM SURVIVE.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >>> WHAT WOULD A SHOW ABOUT ANIMALS BE WITHOUT SHOWING SOME CUTE DOGS?

WELL, YOU'RE IN LUCK BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STORY NEXT ABOUT A PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD A RICHER LIFE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR CANINE COMPANIONS.

JUST A WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE A CUTENESS OVERLOAD WHEN YOU SEE THESE PUPPIES.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NON-PROFIT.

WE PROVIDE SERVICE DOGS TO ADULTS, CHILDREN AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND SERVICE DOGS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SETTINGS COMPLETELY FREE CHARGE.

SINCE 1975 WE'VE SERVED MORE THAN 4,075 FACILITIES AND TEAMS.

ALL OF THAT THANKS TO GENEROUS SUPPORT TO OUR DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS.

MY NAME IS ELAINE MAY, I'M A PUPPY RAISER FOR CANINE COMPANIONS.

THIS IS RESPIN.

HE IS ABOUT 18 MONTHS OLD.

A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A SPINAL CORD INJURY, AND I WATCHED HIM AND WAS THERE WITH HIM THROUGH HIS REHAB AND EVERYTHING.

HE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN AND ENDED UP GETTING ONE OF THESE DOGS, AND I SAW THE MIRACULOUS CHANGE IN HIS LIFE, AND I THOUGHT I CAN DO THAT.

NOW IT'S PERSONAL.

SO I STARTED RAISING PUPPIES.

WESTIN IS NUMBER SEVEN THAT I RAISED AND I HAVE NUMBER EIGHT AT HOME.

ALL OF THE DOGS ARE BRED IN CALIFORNIA AT OUR HOME BASE IN SANTA ROSA.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRED AND BORN IN VOLUNTEERS' HOMES, AND AT 8 WEEKS OLD THEY'RE SHIPPED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PUPPY RAISERS LIKE MYSELF.

IT'S A VOLUNTEER JOB.

WE GO OVER TO THE AIRPORT.

THEY FLY IN, WE GET THEM, WE TAKE THEM HOME AND WE START TRAINING IMMEDIATELY EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TRAINING, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THEM WE'RE POTTY TRAINING AND WE'RE TEACHING THEM THEIR NAMES.

THE BIGGEST THING THAT OUR CLIENTS REALLY UTILIZE THE DOGS FOR IS PICKING UP DROPPED ITEMS.

AND WHAT BETTER THAN A RETRIEVER?

>> SMILE?

GOOD BOY.

PICK.

GOOD BOY.

[ MUSIC ] >> UP.

GOOD BOY.

>> WE TEACH THEM TOUCH.

IT HELPS SET THEM UP FOR TARGETING WHEN THEY LEARN TO TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF WITH THEIR NOSE OR PUSH A DRAWER CLOSED.

>> UP!

GOOD BOY.

YEAH.

>> WE HAVE ONCE A MONTH OFF-CAMPUS PUPPY CLASSES OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AROUND COLUMBUS.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> IT'S VERY LOUD.

IT'S BUSY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN THEY LEARN TO WALK THROUGH CROWDS AND IT'S A LEARNING CURVE.

YOU WILL SEE LITTLE PUPPIES OF 5 MONTHS UP TO 15 MONTHS OUT HERE AND THAT'S JUST GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT THE DOGS ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE REACTING IN PUBLIC.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> SO HE LEAVES ME AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF.

I'VE DONE ALL I CAN.

I'VE TAUGHT HIM, AND I'VE SOCIALIZED HIM.

HE RETURNS TO THE CENTER WHERE THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS WILL BUILD ON THE 30 CUES I TAUGHT HIM AND THAT'S WHERE HE'LL OPEN AND CLOSE DOORS.

HE'LL LEARN TO TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF, PUSH BUTTONS AND TAKE YOUR SOCKS OFF.

HE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR, GET OUT YOUR WATER AND CLOSE THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR.

WE WANT THEM TO SUCCEED.

WE WANT THEM TO GET THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND GET PLACED AND GO ON AND CHANGE LIVES.

WE REALLY DO.

>> RIGHT HERE IN NEW ALBANY WE HAVE A 16-ACRE CAMPUS.

IT'S OUR NORTH CENTRAL TRAINING CENTER.

THAT'S THE TRAINING CENTER THAT OVERSEES THE 14-STATE REGION.

ALL OF OUR DOGS WILL TURN IN FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL SPEND THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TRAINING WITH OUR HIGH-SKILLED TRAINERS.

OUR TRAINING CENTER IS UNIQUE AND AMAZING AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS 16 GUEST SUITES.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE LODGING FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR CLIENTS TO TRAVEL FROM THE 14-STATE REGION TO STAY WITH US.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> IT WOULD INDUCE ANXIETY FOR ME WHEN I DROPPED MY PENCIL BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THERE WEREN'T PEOPLE AROUND AND IT WAS GOING TO STAY ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO BEND DOWN AND PICK THINGS UP MYSELF AND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A SERVICE DOG WITH ME KIND OF COMFORTED ME A LITTLE BIT.

BASED ON HOW THE TRAINER SAW HOW WE DID WITH THE DOGS, THAT HELPED THEM DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THE FACTORS OF WHICH DOG WOULD GO WITH WHICH PERSON.

THEY PUT US ALL IN A BIG CIRCLE AND OKAY, WE'LL TELL YOU WHO YOUR DOG IS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT SOMETHING CLICKED IN ME AT THAT MOMENT AND I WAS, LIKE, SPRINKLE IS MY DOG.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNEW.

SOMETHING IN MY MIND THEY SAID SPRINKLE IS YOUR DOG AND WHEN THEY GOT TO ME THERE WAS THIS CUTE LITTLE THING AND THEY SAID SPRINKLE HAS CHOSEN TO GO HOME WITH KYA.

AS SOON AS THEY SAID THAT, I KID YOU NOT, I ALMOST STARTED CRYING BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER.

>> PRESENTING ROWAN TODAY IS A MEMBER OF HER REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BOARD, CAROLYN BROCK.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> EACH YEAR WE HAVE FOUR GRADUATION CEREMONY, NATIONAL GRADUATION CEREMONIES SO THAT MEANS ACROSS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THESE CEREMONIES ARE TAKING PLACE.

DURING THE PROCESS ARE DOGS THAT WILL BE RAISED BY PUPPY RAISERS WILL BE TURNED IN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND THE GRADUATES WILL GO ON TO TRAIN WITH THE SERVICE DOGS BEING DROPPED OFF AT OUR CAMPUS AND THE NEWEST TEAMS WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH THEIR SERVICE AND FACILITY DOGS GOING ON TO REINTEGRATE IN SOCIETY AND KIND OF START THEIR LIVES AS A TEAM.

>> YOU DO GET SO ATTACHED THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM.

IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOMENT.

IT'S LIKE A WEDDING IN MY MIND BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AND HAND A LEASH OVER TO THE NEW FOREVER PERSON.

SO THERE ARE HAPPY TEARS AND WE SEND THEM ON AND WISH THEM THE BEST AND WE START ALL OVER.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> GOING OUT IN PUBLIC HAS CHANGED SO MUCH.

I MEAN, MY LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE HAS SKYROCKETED.

LIKE THE PUSH PADS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF DOORS, SHE'S ABLE TO PUSH THOSE FOR ME BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CAN'T REACH THEM.

IT JUST GIVES ME AN EXTRA SENSE OF COMFORT KNOWING THAT SHE'S THERE WITH ME.

CANINE COMPANIONS HAS HONESTLY CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

>> EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO COMES INTO CANINE COMPANIONS, THEIR LIFE IS TOUCHED WHETHER YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER, A DONOR OR A CLIENT.

>> PEOPLE THAT WERE AFRAID TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC NOW GO OUT IN PUBLIC.

CHILDREN THAT OTHER CHILDREN MAY LOOK AT THEIR WHEELCHAIR, THEY NOW LOOK AT THE DOG.

I'VE SEEN HOW THAT CHANGES LIVES AND IT JUST WARMS MY HEART.

HAVING SPRINKLE, SHE NOT ONLY HELPS ME WITH MY PHYSICAL TANKS, BUT SHE IS DEFINITELY A SUPPORT FOR ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

[ MUSIC ]SKS, BUT SHE IS DEFINITELY A SUPPORT FOR ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

[ MUSIC ] >> I'M CURRENTLY IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR AND I'M A CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES MAJOR AND I'M MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND AFTER MY UNDERGRAD I PLAN ON GOING TO LAW SCHOOL AND I FEEL EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE I KNOW GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS FIRST HAND HOW PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE CHANGED BY THIS AMAZING HUMAN CANINE BOND, IT'S INDESCRIBABLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO WITNESS IT.

IT'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND WE ARE JUST SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.

>> WOSU'S ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR REGION, ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE?

EACH SEGMENT TAKES US BACK TO COLUMBUS' HISTORY.

CENTRAL OHIO IS COMMON TO SEE SOCCER AND BASEBALL GAMES UNDER WAY OR JOGGERS AND BICYCLISTS MAKING USE OF TRAILS.

DECADES AGO IT WOULD BE JUST AS LIKELY TO SEE HORSEBACK RIDERS TROTTING ON THE SAME GROUND.

ALICIA BONN HAM TELLS US ABOUT A WRITING CLUB THAT EXISTED IN FRANKLIN PARK.

BORN IN 1954, HE GREW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS AND A PROMINENT NUMBER OF COLUMBUS SOCIETY.

HE WAS A WELL-RESPECTED CIVIC LEADER WHOSE BIRTHDAY PARTIES WERE WRITTEN ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPER.

HE WAS KNOWN AS AN AVID EQUESTRIAN WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY TO KEEP APPRECIATION OF HORSES AND HORSEBACK RIDING ALIVE AS AUTOMOBILES BECAME MORE AND MORE COMMON.

IN 1925 HIS BOOK HORSEBACK RIDING IN AND AROUND COLUMBUS, 1774-19-24 WAS PUBLISHED.

IN IT TAL MADGE WRITES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HORSEBACK WRITING FROM EARLY BEAN EARS TO HIS PRESENT DAY.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL WRITING AND COUNTRY CLUBS AND IN ONE CHAPTER HE GOT TO MENTION A STORY OF WRITERS WHO MET IN FRANKLIN CLUB.

SOME WONDERED WHY WASN'T THERE A RIDING CLUB IN THE AREA?

A GROUP OF CHARTER MEMBERS STARTED WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE COLUMBUS RIDING CLUB.

IN 1905 HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THE CLUB HELD HORSEBACK RIDING EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS IN AND AROUND FRANKLIN PARK AND AROUND COLUMBUS.

HE WAS THE WINNER OF SEVERAL HORSE SHOW EVENTS.

HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 83 IN 1937.

HIS OBITUARY IN THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH CALLED HIM A FAMOUS HORSEMAN AND AN EQUESTRIAN AND WAS FAMILIAR TO NEARLY ALL COLUMBUS RESIDENTS.

IN 1983 THE DISPATCH REPORTED ON THE GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW HOME FOR THE COLUMBUS RIDING CLUB.

THIS STRUCTURE WOULD ALLOW EQUESTRIANS TO RIDE ALL YEAR LONG, DAY OR NIGHT.

THE HALL WAS A FULFILLMENT OF A LONG-HELD DREAM FOR FRANK TAL MADGE AND ON THAT DAY HE LAY THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE BUILDING WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY ON RIDING CLUB LANE WHERE IT'S HOME TO THE WINE DOT ATHLETIC CLUB.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR CURIOUS SEBAS, HAS HEAD TO WOS FOR THE IDEA.

>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, REMEMBER YOU CAN CATCH ALL OUR EPISODES ON YOUTUBE OR COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS.ORG PLUS SEE THE STORIES ON THE WOSU MOBILE APP AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK ON "COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS."

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