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Transcript: Sam, Shaemus and Soleil / Lucy and Elwood
Collar of Duty Kids
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At a paddock, Sam, a teenager with short green and yellow hair wearing headphones, leans against a fence. A brown horse with a white star looks at them. Sam uses a wheelchair with lime-green wheel rims beside the paddock. Sam holds the horse’s lead, and they walk on a snowy path. A blonde-haired woman and a dog walk behind them.
NARRATOR: A therapy horse brings comfort to Sam and supports their balance.
SAM: It's like a really warm hug from someone you care about.
[Horse whinnies, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: A brown horse with a white blaze stands in a paddock and looks at a camera. On a lawn, a woman with long brown hair holds a Labrador-golden cross puppy. The woman wears a red fleece jacket and a black shirt.
LONG-HAIRED WOMAN: The family are on their way.
DESCRIPTION: Later, a man wearing a dark blue touque rubs his cheek against the yawning puppy’s snout. A woman with curly brown hair smiles as she holds the puppy.
NARRATOR: Guide puppies in training head off to their new foster family.
DESCRIPTION: On a driveway, Lucy, a young adult, uses a power wheelchair that has a black dog’s leash tied to it. She has brown hair with pink ends and wears red-framed eyeglasses, a pink hat, a pink jacket, and black pants. The black dog, Elwood, wears a red service vest.
NARRATOR: Service dog, Elwood, supports Lucy at school and living on her own.
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Button rattles]
DESCRIPTION: At a door, Elwood stands on his back legs and pushes an accessible door button.
[Bright music plays, dog barks]
DESCRIPTION: In an animation, a dog runs with a ball in their mouth. A red vest appears on the dog, and the dog sits and watches a squirrel run past. The vest has a Collar of Duty badge on the front.
NARRATOR: When my vest is on duty calls. When kids and animals team up, the paws-abilities are endless. Collar of Duty Kids.
[Title] Collar of Duty Kids.
[Logo] Collar of Duty.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam wipes a camera lens with their sleeve.
NARRATOR: Meet Sam.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands in front of a barn, holding a camera. They wear eyeglasses, headphones, and a green sweater over a white shirt.
SAM: In case you couldn't tell, I do quite like the colour green.
NARRATOR: The only thing brighter green than Sam's hair are the rims on their wheelchair.
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands by the paddock fence and watches two horses graze. Sam stands by their damp wheelchair and pulls up a seatbelt.
SAM: It's got a seatbelt, too. You know if I ever wanted to go off-roading, or something.
DESCRIPTION: At a dining room table, Sam plays cards with a brown-haired woman and a teenager with long brown hair.
NARRATOR: Sam is 17 years old and lives with their family in the greater Peterborough area in Ontario, Canada.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Sam draws a horse. They knit on a round knitting loom. Sam holds a black whale figurine.
SAM: I like to draw and knit. I really love the ocean and marine biology. Specifically, whales. When I was doing things like pottery, I'd make whales. A stuffed turtle toy lies on an unfinished puzzle.
[Soleil snorts]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, the brown horse, Shaemus, nuzzles Sam’s chin. Soleil, a white horse, sniffs a camera.
NARRATOR: It's not just the creatures under the sea that have caught Sam's attention. Turns out Sam also loves horses. Two horses in particular, named Shaemus and Soleil. At a special horse farm know as Horse Discovery.
[Shaemus neighs]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. At the paddock, Shaemus nudges an orange pylon. Sam brushes Soleil.
SAM: I quite like horses for a lot of reasons. They're very relaxing, they're very just fun to be around. They're also really interesting. It's not like talking to your hamster. It's like talking to like a friend. No offense to the hamsters.
[Sam laughs, Shaemus nickers, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Snow covers the fields and paddocks of Horse Discovery farm. In a paddock, the horses stand near the fence. A dog stands near a rusted horse sculpture in the snow. Sam stands by the fence across from Shaemus. In the paddock, the blonde-haired woman holds Shaemus’s lead.
NARRATOR: Horse Discovery offers hands-on learning for kids and adults.
DESCRIPTION: In Sam’s house, the brown-haired woman sits on a couch.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Basically, that means you get to hang out with a furry therapist.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired woman, Philippine, and Sam stand together at the farm.
PHILIPPINE NARRATES: My name is Philippine. I am Sam's mom.
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands at the fence and watches horses graze.
SAM NARRATES: My mom was really the one to get me into horses. She worked with them a lot when she was a kid, and she passed that passion on to me.
[Horse snorts]
NARRATOR: Sam has a medical condition known as POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. They walk to a window and look out. A photograph shows Sam and a boy on a beach, looking across the water.
SAM: If I go from lying down to standing too fast, I got a really high chance of passing out. Which makes it difficult to traverse not only like my house, but other outdoor places like school.
DESCRIPTION: Sam uses their wheelchair beside the paddock and watches the horses.
NARRATOR: Sam hasn't always used a wheelchair to get around.
DESCRIPTION: Photographs of Sam as a child show them posing beside a sunflower taller than they are, standing with their foot on a soccer ball in front of a small net, riding a bicycle with a stuffed turtle toy in the basket, and posing for the camera with a boy. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch. Photos feature younger Sam riding a horse and lying on leaves. Video footage shows Sam in the present, lying in bed and doing curls with a small weight.
PHILIPPINE: Sam seemed like a typical child. They used to love playing soccer, biking, and hanging out with friends. At around the age of 12, we started to notice that Sam was getting dizzy quite often. And where Sam was feeling faint and very lethargic, and difficulty with exercise and heat intolerance. And that's when we started to look for answers. With a lot of perseverance, we were able to get a diagnosis of POTS.
[Curtain rattles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam closes a curtain and lies on the bed. They lie in a hammock and knit.
PHILIPPINE: Sam was starting to stay in bed more and more frequently and isolating themselves. Refusing to go to school. Just having a very difficult time with POTS. Sam was also diagnosed with autism.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: Things like autism make it really difficult for me to either like keep eye contact, or talk sometimes, even. That's why I wear the headphones. It mutes out background noise but allows me to still hear people talking to me.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop]
DESCRIPTION: In a paddock, Sam brushes Soleil.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: You know how she loves to be brushed.
NARRATOR: This is where horses Soleil and Shaemus have stepped into Sam's life in a big way.
[Shaemus neighs, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, Shaemus walks across the snow. In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: Shaemus is a fairly large brown horse. He's very laid back. He's like your cool uncle in a way that you can just kind of talk to.
[Upbeat music plays, Sam chuckles]
SAM: It's kind of like a really big dog.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE: Shaemus is just a quirky old man. He just makes my heart so happy.
[Rustle, Shaemus whinnies, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In a stall, Shaemus shakes his head and then moves it in circles.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. In the paddock, Soleil grazes. In a paddock, Sam brushes Soleil.
SAM: Soleil's a very nurturing horse. But she'll let you know if you're being too rowdy. And kind of get you to tone down a little bit. Soleil, because of her white coat, tends to get rather dirty quite quickly. So whenever I am hanging out with her I tend to help brush her coat. And then she'll instantly go and roll in the mud.
DESCRIPTION: Soleil rolls in the snow.
NARRATOR: Or snow.
SAM: Welcome to Canada.
[Upbeat music plays, dog whines]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the snow-covered farm and the fields around it. The dog stands beside the rusted horse sculpture with the word “Welcome” in the centre. Sam and the blonde-haired woman watch a brown horse in the paddock as the dog wanders behind them.
[Text On A Banner Reads] Hose as teacher. A path to self-discovery, awareness, and healing.
NARRATOR: Horse Discovery offers support to kids ages four and up. When it comes to a variety of physical and emotional conditions.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam and the blonde-haired woman watch a brown horse in the paddock as the dog wanders behind them. In the paddock, the blonde-haired woman, Cheri, brushes Soleil.
CHERI: And she likes big hugs.
DESCRIPTION: In a barn, Cheri sits in front of hay bales.
CHERI: My name is Cheri Davidson, and Horse Discovery is on our family farm.
CHERI NARRATES: It doesn't matter where you're from.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, Cheri holds a brush and watches Sam brush Soleil.
CHERI: Oh, she loves the...
CHERI NARRATES: What your abilities are. But when you get with a horse, beside a horse, something extraordinary happens that allows us to really come back to who we really are.
[Bright music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam pets a pale brown horse’s nose. Photographs feature Sam brushing Soleil and petting Shaemus. In another photograph, Sam holds the lead of a brown horse with a broad white blaze. In the present, Sam brushes Soleil. They offer hay to the brown horse with the white blaze.
SAM: My first-ever really heart connection experience was during my first visit. It felt like I could take a deep breath and my lungs would actually expand. I'm a very anxious person, and when I'm with the horses, that energy just kind of drains. And it feels like this wave of cold washes over you. It's like a really warm hug from someone you care about.
[Shaemus snorts]
DESCRIPTION: In a barn, Cheri sits in front of hay bales. At the paddock fence, a tall brown horse sniffs Philippine’s lips.
CHERI: The science behind it has been proven that our cortisol levels, our stress hormone is reduced. Just naturally being beside a horse, connecting with them for as little as half an hour.
[Sam chats in the background]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. In a paddock, the horses eat hay. Sam stands by the paddock fence, smiling.
SAM: The horses help by providing someone to stand by and lean on if I need to. They're an encouraging presence as well. You feel like, yeah, I can do it. Because they're kind of there to the side cheering you on.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE: One of the biggest benefits for Sam is physiotherapy with the horses. They are stretching, they are bending, they are moving with the horse and walking with the horses.
[Horses snort]
DESCRIPTION: Sam holds Shaemus’s lead, and they walk across a paddock. In the barn, Sam scrapes food from a container into a feedbag. At the paddock fence, horses eat.
SAM: We'll go for a walk, do our physio. And then I'll help make them dinners. Which is, I'm sure is part of the reason why they like me.
[Bright music, plays, Sam and Cheri laugh, chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Sam puts a feedbag on Shaemus, and the horse eats eagerly. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch. At the farm, Sam holds the fence and stands up from their wheelchair. They brush Soleil in the paddock.
PHILIPPINE: The first session we had with Shaemus, Sam stood leaning on Shaemus for 15 minutes without their wheelchair. The second session, even longer than that. Half an hour. We're to the point where we're like, "Do we even need to bring your wheelchair? Because you're doing so remarkably well."
[Upbeat music plays, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the farm. In a room, Sam and four teenagers perform.
NARRATOR: So well that they are bringing their confidence and strength off the farm, and onto the stage at a local improv class.
SAM: Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's finger painting, no one makes mistakes.
DESCRIPTION: A teenage boy with short brown hair uses a wheelchair and wiggles it back and forth. In front of him, a boy with short, curly black hair moves his arms forward and back.
BROWN-HAIRED TEEN: Wow, exercising is so much fun.
DESCRIPTION: A woman with wavy blonde hair rubs her hands together and then walks away.
WAVY-HAIRED WOMAN: Oh, sorry. I'm in the wrong class.
[Wavy-haired woman laughs, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: By a blue door, a woman wears eyeglasses pulled up over her long, wavy brown hair. She wears a black blouse and a black blazer. In the room, the students stand in a circle, and Linda turns, flapping her arms in the centre. Besides Sam, Linda pretends to throw something, and Sam pretends to catch it.
LINDA: My name is Linda Cash. I'm an actor and a teacher, and a director. I run the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts. Improv at its best is extremely powerful, especially for this age group.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired teen holds up both his arms and one leg.
BROWN-HAIRED TEEN: Boy, I look good.
LINDA: When everything's bodily.
DESCRIPTION: Other students stand by a piano, watching Sam and the black-haired teen.
BLACK-HAIRED TEEN: Jim, the person you set me up with-
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam performs with the wavy-haired woman.
LINDA: I think the animal therapy that Sam is doing is so, is so beautiful. And not unlike what improv does. Because improv is all about trusting your instinct.
DESCRIPTION: Sam and the wavy-haired woman perform.
WAVY-HAIRED WOMAN: Say I'm a jerk.
SAM: Well, I wouldn't go that far.
[Wavy-haired woman laughs, makes noises, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam stares at the wavy-haired woman, who wiggles her fingers at them.
LINDA: Sam has been with me since they were quite young. And I have watched them grow. I have watched them struggle. And I have watched them be extremely brave.
[All laugh, shouts, whoosh, slide whistle, pop, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Another student gestures at Sam, who leans back. In the barn, Sam arranges chopped carrots on a tray.
SAM: It definitely surprised me the sheer amount of change the horses have been able to bring into my day-to-day life.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam picks up feedbags and carries them to the paddocks. At home, Sam plays a game with Philippine and the teenager with the long brown hair.
SAM: Just going from laying in bed and not being able to do much of anything. To helping my parents with groceries, or going to sit at the table. Even something like that was quite a struggle for me. And nowadays I can do that because I have the energy to be up and moving and around again.
[Dice rattle, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam rolls two dice. Aaron, the teenager with the long brown hair, has a moustache and wears a black touque, a grey hooded jacket, and a grey shirt.
AARON: My name's Aaron. I'm Sam's younger brother. Sam has been a lot more happy. They're more out of the room, interacting with family.
DESCRIPTION: Aaron puts a card on the table.
AARON: Boom-boom.
PHILIPPINE: That was a great game, guys.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage features Discovery Horse Farm. Sam stands at a paddock fence, and Shaemus nuzzles their chin.
NARRATOR: With the help of the horses and Cheri at Horse Discovery, Sam's feeling ready for a new adventure.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: In the snow, Philippine crouches and holds up a spiked shoe strap.
PHILIPPINE: I'm just putting some special shoes on Sam's feet so they don't slip and fall.
DESCRIPTION: Philippine puts the strap around the bottom of Sam’s boot. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE NARRATES: Yeah, Sam has been with the horses now for about a year. And we have noticed a boost in how they feel about themselves. Feeling more confident.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the farm, Sam stands beside Shaemus and holds his lead. Cheri lets go of the lead and pets Shaemus’s side. A road leads through a treeline dividing fields.
NARRATOR: Sam has decided it's time for a new first at Horse Discovery. They've set their sights on a distant tree line that they've never attempted to walk to before.
DESCRIPTION: Sam smiles at the camera.
SAM: Oh, it's starting to rain.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam leads Shaemus as Cheri and the dog, Olive, follow behind.
NARRATOR: But that doesn't stand in their way. Horse Shaemus, Cheri, and farm dog, Olive, join Sam as they begin.
SAM: Good, just a walk. Nice and slow.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: So far, I've made it to the closer pastures in terms of walking.
[Snow crunches, Shaemus neighs]
DESCRIPTION: Sam walks beside Shaemus with Cheri beside them. Philippine follows at a distance behind them, pushing the wheelchair.
SAM: We're just walking. See? Yeah, that's the tree before.
PHILIPPINE: They're halfway. And it's very, very exciting that Sam has made it this far.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Sam leads Shaemus up the road, with snow-covered fields on both sides.
NARRATOR: Today is all they're testing is Sam's increased strength and confidence. And proving that they have what it takes to go the distance.
[Shaemus nickers]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. At the farm, Sam leads Shaemus up the road, with Cheri and Olive walking beside them.
SAM NARRATES: The thing that I really love about the horses, is how emotionally intelligent they are. And they'll feel how you're feeling and adjust to that in their own way.
CHERI: He's listening to you and slowing down, right?
[Shaemus nickers]
SAM NARRATES: They don't have the need to please. It's more like a, "Hey, you're my friend. And I wanna see you succeed."
[Bright music plays]
DESCRIPTION: They approach the treeline.
SAM: There's the treeline!
[Sam chuckles]
CHERI: You're almost there!
[Shaemus whinnies, Sam imitates him, chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: They arrive at the treeline and stop near the rusted horse sculpture.
SAM: Let's go. We did it!
CHERI: Well done, Sam.
SAM: Whoa.
[Both laugh]
SAM: It's the trees.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam points at the trees.
SAM: We made it!
[Sam chuckles, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam and Shaemus turn around.
PHILIPPINE: I feel euphoric because this a goal that we've been working towards for quite some time. And...
DESCRIPTION: Cheri gives Sam the lead.
CHERI: Okay.
PHILIPPINE: I'm just very excited for them.
SAM: I'm a little worn out, but it's a good worn out. It's a... it's a finally kind of worn-out. It's good.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the treeline, Cheri stands beside Shaemus.
CHERI: I think this is going to be a new beginning for Sam. In that if this was possible, then anything is possible.
SAM: Yeah, we're here.
[Shaemus snorts]
SAM: Yeah, we're good.
[Sam blows out a breath]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows two horses standing on a path leading to the barn.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Beside the lawn, the long-haired woman holds the puppy and watches a blue car stop in a driveway.
LONG-HAIRED WOMAN: I see them. Here's your family, Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the buildings of the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility. Beside the driveway, a plaque beneath a sculpture and two dog statues reads, “Lions Foundation of Canada Guide Dogs.”
NARRATOR: It's puppy pickup day at Lions' Foundation of Canada Dog Guides at their breeding and training facility in Breslau, Ontario. Foster Puppy and Early Training Unit Manager, Lucy, is keeping eight-week-old Eloise cozy as her new foster family arrives.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired woman, Foster Puppy and Early Training Unit Manager Lucy, holds the puppy, Eloise. The man with the blue touque scratches Eloise under the chin. The blue car backs up in the driveway, and Manager Lucy waves. Video footage shows a puppy playing with a leaf between a plastic toddler slide and a child’s pool.
MANAGER LUCY: Puppy pickup day is always a fun day. I love seeing them leave the nursery, meet their family, and head off on their big adventure. And the start to them becoming a service dog.
DESCRIPTION: In a room, two puppies wearing green “Future Guide Dog” vests play.
NARRATOR: Fosters are an important part of a dog guide's journey. Foster families receive training and support from the foundation. As the puppies grow and learn in a home environment.
[Puppies bark]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies play. Outside, manager Lucy holds Eloise.
MANAGER LUCY: So Eloise is one of our puppies. She's just turned eight-weeks-old. And she's gonna be leaving today. And she's gonna be going with John and Justine.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The man with the blue touque, John, and the curly-haired woman, Justine, arrive. Justine leans towards Eloise.
NARRATOR: John and Justine have fostered 12 puppies for the dog guides program.
MANAGER LUCY: This is Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: John and Justine pet Eloise.
JOHN: Hi, little Eloise.
JUSTINE: Hi.
MANAGER LUCY: She's been waiting to meet y'all, excited.
DESCRIPTION: Justine holds Eloise and kisses her.
JOHN: Oh, there you go.
MANAGER LUCY: She's got the cutest little black paws as well. Sort of a little pad, so.
JUSTINE: She's a big change for us having a yellow one, too. You start with a little ball of fluff.
MANAGER LUCY: All the way back to J.K.
DESCRIPTION: Eloise licks Justine’s chin.
JUSTINE: It's like going back to the beginning again.
JOHN: That's right.
JUSTINE: Yeah, it's such a-
JOHN: All the little adventures.
JUSTINE: Such a journey.
JOHN: A brand-new baby. Start all over.
MANAGER LUCY: Start all over again.
JOHN: Hey, like Justine? Yes.
JUSTINE: You are.
JOHN: Good girl.
JUSTINE: You are a lovely girl-
JOHN: Yes.
MANAGER LUCY: Aren't 'ya?
JOHN: You're starting to get chewy, aren't you?
DESCRIPTION: John and Justine pet Eloise.
MANAGER LUCY: Yeah, she's not (indistinct).
NARRATOR: Future dog guides puppies get a special kit to prepare the foster parents.
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy holds a red bag and takes out a card.
MANAGER LUCY: So, she has her I.D. card.
JOHN: Okay.
MANAGER LUCY: So, she's allowed to go out into access, into public places. And her beautiful, very much smaller, but baby little green jacket.
[John laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy takes a green jacket out of the bag.
MANAGER LUCY: So, they are always cute. So definitely if she's out in public anywhere, if you could have the green jacket on.
JUSTINE: Right.
MANAGER LUCY: Just so that they know that she is a future dog guide. And that will get her used to her big girl uniform when she graduates with a client.
JUSTINE: Then you'll get a red jacket.
MANAGER LUCY: And obviously her feeding schedule. We got all of that on this. So, you'll know when she needs to go to the vets. When she needs to come to class to see sort of other puppy friends. And then as she grows, we're gonna give her a little bit more food as well. So that she'll have...
JOHN: You'll like that, Eloise.
[Justine and John chat]
MANAGER LUCY: Oh, she will. Congratulations, guys. Excited to have another puppy in home with you. And we'll see you at the puppy classes and the vet visits. And we'll check in.
JUSTINE: Say "Bye," Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy pets Eloise and kisses her.
MANAGER LUCY: So see you later, sweetie. Okay, mauh.
JUSTINE: We'll see you soon at class.
MANAGER LUCY: Perfect. Thank you so much, bye.
[Eloise squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Eloise leans towards John as he pets her. She yawns.
NARRATOR: Looks like Eloise will be ready for a nap on the ride back to her new home.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a bright winter day, Lucy steers her power wheelchair on a road.
NARRATOR: Meet Lucy. An 18-year-old studying in London, Ontario.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy has pink pillows on her bed and wears a pink hooded sweater.
LUCY: My favourite colour is pink. I have brown hair and pink ends.
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy has a pink water bottle on a desk and pink sheets on her bed. The bottom of her power wheelchair is lined with pink. A sign in front of a school building reads, “King’s. Western University. Canada.”
NARRATOR: That's not all that's rosy in Lucy's world. With her stylish pink glasses, pink water bottle, pink sheets, even a matching pink wheelchair gets Lucy around her school campus.
DESCRIPTION: A sign in front of a school building reads, “King’s. Western University. Canada.”
LUCY: I go to King College within Western University. Studying disability studies. I've got some classes in there that I go to.
NARRATOR: Disability studies is about learning how to make the world fair and accessible to those with different disabilities.
[Keys and tags rattle]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy flips the keys and tag at the end of her lanyard.
LUCY: All right, we're home.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy. In Lucy’s room, Elwood lies on the bed with a stuffed animal toy. Elwood wears a pink collar with black flamingos and a black collar.
NARRATOR: While cruising around campus, Lucy can often be seen with a furry someone by her side. Her mobility service dog, Elwood. You can recognize this black Labrador retriever by his sleek coat, red service vest, and yes, a touch of pink thanks to Lucy.
LUCY: He has a pink flamingo collar on.
[Toy squeaks, Elwood pants]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood plays with the toy. Outside, Elwood runs beside Lucy.
LUCY: Me and Elwood enjoy going on walks together.
[Elevator dings]
LUCY: Elevator ride.
[Elevator doors clack]
DESCRIPTION: Inside, an elevator door opens, and Lucy and Elwood enter it. Outside, Lucy and Elwood pose together on the road.
NARRATOR: Lucy has cerebral palsy. A condition that affects a person's ability to move and balance.
DESCRIPTION: In a cafeteria, Lucy picks up a salad and pays for it at a counter.
LUCY: It effects everybody differently. For me, it effects all four of my limbs. I can still walk, but I can only walk short distances. So, I use my power chair to assist me in that. It's definitely challenging sometimes, and it's very uncomfortable.
DESCRIPTION: In a large room, Theresa sits with her back to the windows. She has shoulder-length curly brown hair and wears eyeglasses and a red sweater.
THERESA: My name's Theresa, I'm Lucy's mom. Lucy was born about three months premature. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy taps on the screen of a propped-up tablet.
NARRATOR: Lucy has always had support from educational assistance, also called E.A.’s. Who made school more accessible for her.
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Lucy smiles and pets Elwood.
THERESA: We knew that when she was gonna go to university that there would not be E.A. support. So, thinking about that made everybody a little nervous.
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy on a concrete path.
LUCY: I never really thought about leaving home and going to university until we got Elwood. And it sort of clicked in my brain, "Oh, I can live alone." Because I have this support system here that I didn't have before.
NARRATOR: Matching a service animal with the right person is kind of like making a new best friend. And when it comes to finding the most special friend, timing is everything.
[Whoosh, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the large room, Theresa sits with her back to the windows.
THERESA: She met a volunteer who fostered dogs for the Lions Guide Dog Program. And she saw some of the things that the puppy was learning how to do. And she said, "I want a service dog."
[Theresa chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: On a winding path leading from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility, Sarah stands with her hands in her red jacket pockets. Her long blonde hair is in two braids. Elwood’s red vest has the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides logo.
SARAH: My name is Sarah. I am an instructor in the service dog program for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. In the service program, our dogs are trained to assist those with a physical disability. So often, someone who's using a form of mobility aid, which would be like a power wheelchair, a manual wheelchair, maybe a walker.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy uses the power wheelchair and leaves a building, wearing her pink jacket and pink touque. Elwood wags his tail and walks beside her.
THERESA: Lucy kept thinking about it and talking about. Until eventually I said, "Well, when you're 13, and you're sure that this is what you want. Because a dog is a lot of responsibility as well as a help, then we can put in an application."
NARRATOR: Then one day in the last year of high school, Lucy's dream finally came true.
THERESA: We had the call that there was a service dog for her and could she come to the training? So it was a real whirlwind to get her ready to go.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood sit together on a cloudless, clear day. A wreath hangs on a building behind them. Inside a cafeteria, Elwood picks up a boot and gives it to Lucy. Outside, Lucy boops Elwood’s nose.
NARRATOR: When Sarah, along with a team of instructors had Elwood fully trained to do a collection of tasks specifically tailored to Lucy's needs, it would be Lucy's turn to join the ranks by attending in-person classes at the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides Training Center where she met Elwood for the first time.
LUCY: The dogs were fully trained, but they were training us on how to handle the dogs.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy unzips her jacket and reveals a black Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides shirt. In her room, she sits in front of the tablet and smiles. In a lobby, she and Elwood move away from an elevator. Lucy waits at the entrance of a building and watches Elwood push the accessible door button.
SARAH: Lucy had such a positive attitude. I know she was a student in high school. She was headed into university in the coming years. Elwood was such a happy, go-lucky guy. He was a go, go, go kind of worker. And I figured he was gonna be a really good match for her day-to-day life at school.
LUCY: They announced that they were going to give us our dogs. I was very excited.
[Elwood whines]
DESCRIPTION: Video footage shows Elwood walking in a circle in front of Lucy with his tail wagging. He steps on the footrest of Lucy’s power wheelchair and puts his head on her lap. Lucy pets him, and his tail wags excitedly.
THERESA: Right away, I knew it was an incredible match. Sort of like a missing puzzle piece that she had been waiting for.
LUCY: He was very excited. Ready, and he hopped right up on my chair. And just loved me.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood picks up her pink hat from the floor. He tugs on the sleeve of her pink jacket, and Lucy pulls her arm out.
NARRATOR: The team at Lions Foundation trained Elwood in a variety of skills that help Lucy everyday. Including fetching dropped items, helping to remove clothing such as sweaters or coats. And Elwood is a pro at opening doors all over campus.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood stop by an accessible door button.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Button rattles]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood hits the button, and the door opens.
NARRATOR: He simply hits the accessible door button.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Buttons clatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Inside and outside buildings, Elwood hits the accessible door buttons. Inside a building, Elwood hits the button, and the door swings open for Lucy.
NARRATOR: There's another special command that Elwood is trained to do, and that's call for help. And soon after Elwood first went home with Lucy on one wintery day, Elwood would be put to the test.
[Elwood barks]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy poses with Elwood beneath an arch of blue and white balloons. Outside, Lucy speaks to Elwood, and he barks.
LUCY: I was on a walk, and there was a lot of snow, and I didn't really think much about it until I got stuck. Then Elwood helped me get help by barking until someone was able to locate me.
NARRATOR: Good job, buddy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood lies on the bed. Outside, Elwood runs, without his vest, and chases his stuffed dog toy on the grass.
THERESA: He is the most friendly, cuddly, affectionate dog you could imagine. He has so much energy.
SARAH: You know, he was gonna be her best friend, and now he is!
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy looks down at Elwood.
LUCY: Good boy.
DESCRIPTION: She works on her tablet as Elwood naps on the bed. A photograph shows Lucy on stage wearing her graduation gown and mortarboard hat. Elwood stands beside her power wheelchair. A second photograph shows Lucy wearing her pink prom dress with a pink corsage on her wrist. Elwood sits beside her, wearing a striped bowtie. In a third photograph, Lucy poses in front of a King’s University College sign with Theresa, a man with short grey hair, and Elwood. Text on the sign reads, “A place to be. A place to become.”
NARRATOR: Lucy and Elwood have already experienced two of life's major milestones together. Including Lucy's high school graduation and prom. Now these inseparable study buddies are on track to getting a university degree.
DESCRIPTION: Beneath the clear blue sky, Lucy steers on a brick pathway.
LUCY: Look at all the grass, trees.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy works on the tablet as Elwood naps on the bed.
NARRATOR: Lucy and Elwood are crushing campus life together. And it appears that Elwood is scoring some high marks with Associate Dean, Doreen.
DESCRIPTION: Near a wall of windows, Associate Dean Doreen has short brown hair. She wears a red-and-gold shirt.
DOREEN: Elwood's an excellent student. Has his manners with him all the time and is so devoted to Lucy, and the members of our community.
LUCY: Elwood makes me feel safe because he can help me in different ways than anyone else could.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy steers her power wheelchair on an uneven path past a large house.
NARRATOR: Not only does Elwood support Lucy around campus, but he also gives her the confidence to continue to try new things.
[Whoosh, chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy is interviewed in front of her desk. Outside, she waits as a silver minivan arrives. A man wearing a yellow and silver safety vest pushes Lucy’s power wheelchair up a ramp on the side of the vehicle, and Elwood follows.
LUCY: One of the things I wanna do is use the shuttle system for the first time. And then go meet my mom across campus for coffee. I guess it's the first time that I'm doing this. So it's definitely an exciting adventure to leave and to try something new for the first time.
NARRATOR: Once safe and secured, off they go.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood ride in the minivan.
LUCY: Elwood, we're on our way.
[Vehicle squeaks, upbeat music continues, device beeps]
DESCRIPTION: The minivan stops, and Lucy steers her power wheelchair down the ramp. Elwood follows behind her. In her room, Lucy is interviewed in front of her desk.
LUCY: Elwood! We're here. Elwood allows me to do things I didn't know I was able to do. But he also has access to everywhere I go, because he is a mobility device. So he's like a wheelchair or walker when going into places.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood enter a cafeteria and approach Theresa.
THERESA: Hi, Lucy.
LUCY: Hi.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Theresa sit with coffee cups and dessert on a table in front of them.
THERESA: How long did it take to get all settled and organized?
LUCY: Not that long.
THERESA: No? Did Elwood like it?
DESCRIPTION: A flashback shows Lucy and the man in the safety vest laughing.
LUCY: I think the shuttle system was easier than I thought it was gonna be, and I definitely wanna use that more in the future. Then work my way up to more trips and hopefully eventually I'll be able to leave campus more easily.
[Lucy laughs]
DESCRIPTION: In the cafeteria, Theresa and Lucy smile.
THERESA: Did Elwood snore in class again this week?
LUCY: Yes.
THERESA: The professor say anything?
LUCY: No, not this time.
THERESA: No? That's good.
DESCRIPTION: In a different cafeteria, Lucy and Theresa eat fast food.
THERESA NARRATES: Having Elwood by her side, it gives Lucy even more confidence and gives us confidence as parents that she is gonna be okay. That she's got somebody who's with her that knows her and is able to support her so that she's able to get through her days and be successful in class and in life.
DESCRIPTION: Sarah stands in front of the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility.
SARAH: I feel like they're a really good match. I wish I could see them strutting campus together all the time. I know they're doing really well together.
[Button clatters]
DESCRIPTION: In a building, Associate Dean Doreen stands in front of the windows. In front of a building, Elwood hits the accessible door button.
DOREEN: Service animals really enrich a community and provide an opportunity for conversation. What are all the ways that Elwood makes life easier for Lucy on campus?
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood tugs on the sleeve of Lucy’s jacket.
LUCY: Now having Elwood has allowed me to live independently here at university without needing an extra person's support.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop]
[Title] Collar of Duty Kids.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
[End Credits] Directed and Produced by Laura Lillie. Featuring Sam and Shaemus and Soleil, Lucy and Elwood. Narrator: Craig Smith. Executive Producers: Laura Lillie, Raj Panikkar, Christopher Szarka. Original Theme Music Joel Silver. Copyright 2025 Purple Panda Productions Incorporated. All rights reserved.
DESCRIPTION: The Purple Panda Productions Incorporated logo includes a photo of a child and a German Shepherd.
[Logo] S.M.I. Summerhill Media Incorporated.
[Logo] Produced in association with A.M.I.
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At a paddock, Sam, a teenager with short green and yellow hair wearing headphones, leans against a fence. A brown horse with a white star looks at them. Sam uses a wheelchair with lime-green wheel rims beside the paddock. Sam holds the horse’s lead, and they walk on a snowy path. A blonde-haired woman and a dog walk behind them.
NARRATOR: A therapy horse brings comfort to Sam and supports their balance.
SAM: It's like a really warm hug from someone you care about.
[Horse whinnies, whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: A brown horse with a white blaze stands in a paddock and looks at a camera. On a lawn, a woman with long brown hair holds a Labrador-golden cross puppy. The woman wears a red fleece jacket and a black shirt.
LONG-HAIRED WOMAN: The family are on their way.
DESCRIPTION: Later, a man wearing a dark blue touque rubs his cheek against the yawning puppy’s snout. A woman with curly brown hair smiles as she holds the puppy.
NARRATOR: Guide puppies in training head off to their new foster family.
DESCRIPTION: On a driveway, Lucy, a young adult, uses a power wheelchair that has a black dog’s leash tied to it. She has brown hair with pink ends and wears red-framed eyeglasses, a pink hat, a pink jacket, and black pants. The black dog, Elwood, wears a red service vest.
NARRATOR: Service dog, Elwood, supports Lucy at school and living on her own.
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Button rattles]
DESCRIPTION: At a door, Elwood stands on his back legs and pushes an accessible door button.
[Bright music plays, dog barks]
DESCRIPTION: In an animation, a dog runs with a ball in their mouth. A red vest appears on the dog, and the dog sits and watches a squirrel run past. The vest has a Collar of Duty badge on the front.
NARRATOR: When my vest is on duty calls. When kids and animals team up, the paws-abilities are endless. Collar of Duty Kids.
[Title] Collar of Duty Kids.
[Logo] Collar of Duty.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam wipes a camera lens with their sleeve.
NARRATOR: Meet Sam.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands in front of a barn, holding a camera. They wear eyeglasses, headphones, and a green sweater over a white shirt.
SAM: In case you couldn't tell, I do quite like the colour green.
NARRATOR: The only thing brighter green than Sam's hair are the rims on their wheelchair.
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands by the paddock fence and watches two horses graze. Sam stands by their damp wheelchair and pulls up a seatbelt.
SAM: It's got a seatbelt, too. You know if I ever wanted to go off-roading, or something.
DESCRIPTION: At a dining room table, Sam plays cards with a brown-haired woman and a teenager with long brown hair.
NARRATOR: Sam is 17 years old and lives with their family in the greater Peterborough area in Ontario, Canada.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Sam draws a horse. They knit on a round knitting loom. Sam holds a black whale figurine.
SAM: I like to draw and knit. I really love the ocean and marine biology. Specifically, whales. When I was doing things like pottery, I'd make whales. A stuffed turtle toy lies on an unfinished puzzle.
[Soleil snorts]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, the brown horse, Shaemus, nuzzles Sam’s chin. Soleil, a white horse, sniffs a camera.
NARRATOR: It's not just the creatures under the sea that have caught Sam's attention. Turns out Sam also loves horses. Two horses in particular, named Shaemus and Soleil. At a special horse farm know as Horse Discovery.
[Shaemus neighs]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. At the paddock, Shaemus nudges an orange pylon. Sam brushes Soleil.
SAM: I quite like horses for a lot of reasons. They're very relaxing, they're very just fun to be around. They're also really interesting. It's not like talking to your hamster. It's like talking to like a friend. No offense to the hamsters.
[Sam laughs, Shaemus nickers, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Snow covers the fields and paddocks of Horse Discovery farm. In a paddock, the horses stand near the fence. A dog stands near a rusted horse sculpture in the snow. Sam stands by the fence across from Shaemus. In the paddock, the blonde-haired woman holds Shaemus’s lead.
NARRATOR: Horse Discovery offers hands-on learning for kids and adults.
DESCRIPTION: In Sam’s house, the brown-haired woman sits on a couch.
BROWN-HAIRED WOMAN: Basically, that means you get to hang out with a furry therapist.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired woman, Philippine, and Sam stand together at the farm.
PHILIPPINE NARRATES: My name is Philippine. I am Sam's mom.
DESCRIPTION: Sam stands at the fence and watches horses graze.
SAM NARRATES: My mom was really the one to get me into horses. She worked with them a lot when she was a kid, and she passed that passion on to me.
[Horse snorts]
NARRATOR: Sam has a medical condition known as POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. They walk to a window and look out. A photograph shows Sam and a boy on a beach, looking across the water.
SAM: If I go from lying down to standing too fast, I got a really high chance of passing out. Which makes it difficult to traverse not only like my house, but other outdoor places like school.
DESCRIPTION: Sam uses their wheelchair beside the paddock and watches the horses.
NARRATOR: Sam hasn't always used a wheelchair to get around.
DESCRIPTION: Photographs of Sam as a child show them posing beside a sunflower taller than they are, standing with their foot on a soccer ball in front of a small net, riding a bicycle with a stuffed turtle toy in the basket, and posing for the camera with a boy. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch. Photos feature younger Sam riding a horse and lying on leaves. Video footage shows Sam in the present, lying in bed and doing curls with a small weight.
PHILIPPINE: Sam seemed like a typical child. They used to love playing soccer, biking, and hanging out with friends. At around the age of 12, we started to notice that Sam was getting dizzy quite often. And where Sam was feeling faint and very lethargic, and difficulty with exercise and heat intolerance. And that's when we started to look for answers. With a lot of perseverance, we were able to get a diagnosis of POTS.
[Curtain rattles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam closes a curtain and lies on the bed. They lie in a hammock and knit.
PHILIPPINE: Sam was starting to stay in bed more and more frequently and isolating themselves. Refusing to go to school. Just having a very difficult time with POTS. Sam was also diagnosed with autism.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: Things like autism make it really difficult for me to either like keep eye contact, or talk sometimes, even. That's why I wear the headphones. It mutes out background noise but allows me to still hear people talking to me.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop]
DESCRIPTION: In a paddock, Sam brushes Soleil.
BLONDE-HAIRED WOMAN: You know how she loves to be brushed.
NARRATOR: This is where horses Soleil and Shaemus have stepped into Sam's life in a big way.
[Shaemus neighs, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, Shaemus walks across the snow. In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: Shaemus is a fairly large brown horse. He's very laid back. He's like your cool uncle in a way that you can just kind of talk to.
[Upbeat music plays, Sam chuckles]
SAM: It's kind of like a really big dog.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE: Shaemus is just a quirky old man. He just makes my heart so happy.
[Rustle, Shaemus whinnies, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In a stall, Shaemus shakes his head and then moves it in circles.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. In the paddock, Soleil grazes. In a paddock, Sam brushes Soleil.
SAM: Soleil's a very nurturing horse. But she'll let you know if you're being too rowdy. And kind of get you to tone down a little bit. Soleil, because of her white coat, tends to get rather dirty quite quickly. So whenever I am hanging out with her I tend to help brush her coat. And then she'll instantly go and roll in the mud.
DESCRIPTION: Soleil rolls in the snow.
NARRATOR: Or snow.
SAM: Welcome to Canada.
[Upbeat music plays, dog whines]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the snow-covered farm and the fields around it. The dog stands beside the rusted horse sculpture with the word “Welcome” in the centre. Sam and the blonde-haired woman watch a brown horse in the paddock as the dog wanders behind them.
[Text On A Banner Reads] Hose as teacher. A path to self-discovery, awareness, and healing.
NARRATOR: Horse Discovery offers support to kids ages four and up. When it comes to a variety of physical and emotional conditions.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam and the blonde-haired woman watch a brown horse in the paddock as the dog wanders behind them. In the paddock, the blonde-haired woman, Cheri, brushes Soleil.
CHERI: And she likes big hugs.
DESCRIPTION: In a barn, Cheri sits in front of hay bales.
CHERI: My name is Cheri Davidson, and Horse Discovery is on our family farm.
CHERI NARRATES: It doesn't matter where you're from.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In the paddock, Cheri holds a brush and watches Sam brush Soleil.
CHERI: Oh, she loves the...
CHERI NARRATES: What your abilities are. But when you get with a horse, beside a horse, something extraordinary happens that allows us to really come back to who we really are.
[Bright music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam pets a pale brown horse’s nose. Photographs feature Sam brushing Soleil and petting Shaemus. In another photograph, Sam holds the lead of a brown horse with a broad white blaze. In the present, Sam brushes Soleil. They offer hay to the brown horse with the white blaze.
SAM: My first-ever really heart connection experience was during my first visit. It felt like I could take a deep breath and my lungs would actually expand. I'm a very anxious person, and when I'm with the horses, that energy just kind of drains. And it feels like this wave of cold washes over you. It's like a really warm hug from someone you care about.
[Shaemus snorts]
DESCRIPTION: In a barn, Cheri sits in front of hay bales. At the paddock fence, a tall brown horse sniffs Philippine’s lips.
CHERI: The science behind it has been proven that our cortisol levels, our stress hormone is reduced. Just naturally being beside a horse, connecting with them for as little as half an hour.
[Sam chats in the background]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. In a paddock, the horses eat hay. Sam stands by the paddock fence, smiling.
SAM: The horses help by providing someone to stand by and lean on if I need to. They're an encouraging presence as well. You feel like, yeah, I can do it. Because they're kind of there to the side cheering you on.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE: One of the biggest benefits for Sam is physiotherapy with the horses. They are stretching, they are bending, they are moving with the horse and walking with the horses.
[Horses snort]
DESCRIPTION: Sam holds Shaemus’s lead, and they walk across a paddock. In the barn, Sam scrapes food from a container into a feedbag. At the paddock fence, horses eat.
SAM: We'll go for a walk, do our physio. And then I'll help make them dinners. Which is, I'm sure is part of the reason why they like me.
[Bright music, plays, Sam and Cheri laugh, chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Sam puts a feedbag on Shaemus, and the horse eats eagerly. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch. At the farm, Sam holds the fence and stands up from their wheelchair. They brush Soleil in the paddock.
PHILIPPINE: The first session we had with Shaemus, Sam stood leaning on Shaemus for 15 minutes without their wheelchair. The second session, even longer than that. Half an hour. We're to the point where we're like, "Do we even need to bring your wheelchair? Because you're doing so remarkably well."
[Upbeat music plays, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the farm. In a room, Sam and four teenagers perform.
NARRATOR: So well that they are bringing their confidence and strength off the farm, and onto the stage at a local improv class.
SAM: Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's finger painting, no one makes mistakes.
DESCRIPTION: A teenage boy with short brown hair uses a wheelchair and wiggles it back and forth. In front of him, a boy with short, curly black hair moves his arms forward and back.
BROWN-HAIRED TEEN: Wow, exercising is so much fun.
DESCRIPTION: A woman with wavy blonde hair rubs her hands together and then walks away.
WAVY-HAIRED WOMAN: Oh, sorry. I'm in the wrong class.
[Wavy-haired woman laughs, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: By a blue door, a woman wears eyeglasses pulled up over her long, wavy brown hair. She wears a black blouse and a black blazer. In the room, the students stand in a circle, and Linda turns, flapping her arms in the centre. Besides Sam, Linda pretends to throw something, and Sam pretends to catch it.
LINDA: My name is Linda Cash. I'm an actor and a teacher, and a director. I run the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts. Improv at its best is extremely powerful, especially for this age group.
DESCRIPTION: The brown-haired teen holds up both his arms and one leg.
BROWN-HAIRED TEEN: Boy, I look good.
LINDA: When everything's bodily.
DESCRIPTION: Other students stand by a piano, watching Sam and the black-haired teen.
BLACK-HAIRED TEEN: Jim, the person you set me up with-
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam performs with the wavy-haired woman.
LINDA: I think the animal therapy that Sam is doing is so, is so beautiful. And not unlike what improv does. Because improv is all about trusting your instinct.
DESCRIPTION: Sam and the wavy-haired woman perform.
WAVY-HAIRED WOMAN: Say I'm a jerk.
SAM: Well, I wouldn't go that far.
[Wavy-haired woman laughs, makes noises, students chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam stares at the wavy-haired woman, who wiggles her fingers at them.
LINDA: Sam has been with me since they were quite young. And I have watched them grow. I have watched them struggle. And I have watched them be extremely brave.
[All laugh, shouts, whoosh, slide whistle, pop, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Another student gestures at Sam, who leans back. In the barn, Sam arranges chopped carrots on a tray.
SAM: It definitely surprised me the sheer amount of change the horses have been able to bring into my day-to-day life.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam picks up feedbags and carries them to the paddocks. At home, Sam plays a game with Philippine and the teenager with the long brown hair.
SAM: Just going from laying in bed and not being able to do much of anything. To helping my parents with groceries, or going to sit at the table. Even something like that was quite a struggle for me. And nowadays I can do that because I have the energy to be up and moving and around again.
[Dice rattle, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam rolls two dice. Aaron, the teenager with the long brown hair, has a moustache and wears a black touque, a grey hooded jacket, and a grey shirt.
AARON: My name's Aaron. I'm Sam's younger brother. Sam has been a lot more happy. They're more out of the room, interacting with family.
DESCRIPTION: Aaron puts a card on the table.
AARON: Boom-boom.
PHILIPPINE: That was a great game, guys.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage features Discovery Horse Farm. Sam stands at a paddock fence, and Shaemus nuzzles their chin.
NARRATOR: With the help of the horses and Cheri at Horse Discovery, Sam's feeling ready for a new adventure.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: In the snow, Philippine crouches and holds up a spiked shoe strap.
PHILIPPINE: I'm just putting some special shoes on Sam's feet so they don't slip and fall.
DESCRIPTION: Philippine puts the strap around the bottom of Sam’s boot. In the living room, Philippine sits on the couch.
PHILIPPINE NARRATES: Yeah, Sam has been with the horses now for about a year. And we have noticed a boost in how they feel about themselves. Feeling more confident.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: At the farm, Sam stands beside Shaemus and holds his lead. Cheri lets go of the lead and pets Shaemus’s side. A road leads through a treeline dividing fields.
NARRATOR: Sam has decided it's time for a new first at Horse Discovery. They've set their sights on a distant tree line that they've never attempted to walk to before.
DESCRIPTION: Sam smiles at the camera.
SAM: Oh, it's starting to rain.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Sam leads Shaemus as Cheri and the dog, Olive, follow behind.
NARRATOR: But that doesn't stand in their way. Horse Shaemus, Cheri, and farm dog, Olive, join Sam as they begin.
SAM: Good, just a walk. Nice and slow.
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview.
SAM: So far, I've made it to the closer pastures in terms of walking.
[Snow crunches, Shaemus neighs]
DESCRIPTION: Sam walks beside Shaemus with Cheri beside them. Philippine follows at a distance behind them, pushing the wheelchair.
SAM: We're just walking. See? Yeah, that's the tree before.
PHILIPPINE: They're halfway. And it's very, very exciting that Sam has made it this far.
[Upbeat music continues]
DESCRIPTION: Sam leads Shaemus up the road, with snow-covered fields on both sides.
NARRATOR: Today is all they're testing is Sam's increased strength and confidence. And proving that they have what it takes to go the distance.
[Shaemus nickers]
DESCRIPTION: In the living room, Sam sits for an interview. At the farm, Sam leads Shaemus up the road, with Cheri and Olive walking beside them.
SAM NARRATES: The thing that I really love about the horses, is how emotionally intelligent they are. And they'll feel how you're feeling and adjust to that in their own way.
CHERI: He's listening to you and slowing down, right?
[Shaemus nickers]
SAM NARRATES: They don't have the need to please. It's more like a, "Hey, you're my friend. And I wanna see you succeed."
[Bright music plays]
DESCRIPTION: They approach the treeline.
SAM: There's the treeline!
[Sam chuckles]
CHERI: You're almost there!
[Shaemus whinnies, Sam imitates him, chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: They arrive at the treeline and stop near the rusted horse sculpture.
SAM: Let's go. We did it!
CHERI: Well done, Sam.
SAM: Whoa.
[Both laugh]
SAM: It's the trees.
[Sam chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: Sam points at the trees.
SAM: We made it!
[Sam chuckles, background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: Sam and Shaemus turn around.
PHILIPPINE: I feel euphoric because this a goal that we've been working towards for quite some time. And...
DESCRIPTION: Cheri gives Sam the lead.
CHERI: Okay.
PHILIPPINE: I'm just very excited for them.
SAM: I'm a little worn out, but it's a good worn out. It's a... it's a finally kind of worn-out. It's good.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the treeline, Cheri stands beside Shaemus.
CHERI: I think this is going to be a new beginning for Sam. In that if this was possible, then anything is possible.
SAM: Yeah, we're here.
[Shaemus snorts]
SAM: Yeah, we're good.
[Sam blows out a breath]
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows two horses standing on a path leading to the barn.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Beside the lawn, the long-haired woman holds the puppy and watches a blue car stop in a driveway.
LONG-HAIRED WOMAN: I see them. Here's your family, Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows the buildings of the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility. Beside the driveway, a plaque beneath a sculpture and two dog statues reads, “Lions Foundation of Canada Guide Dogs.”
NARRATOR: It's puppy pickup day at Lions' Foundation of Canada Dog Guides at their breeding and training facility in Breslau, Ontario. Foster Puppy and Early Training Unit Manager, Lucy, is keeping eight-week-old Eloise cozy as her new foster family arrives.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The long-haired woman, Foster Puppy and Early Training Unit Manager Lucy, holds the puppy, Eloise. The man with the blue touque scratches Eloise under the chin. The blue car backs up in the driveway, and Manager Lucy waves. Video footage shows a puppy playing with a leaf between a plastic toddler slide and a child’s pool.
MANAGER LUCY: Puppy pickup day is always a fun day. I love seeing them leave the nursery, meet their family, and head off on their big adventure. And the start to them becoming a service dog.
DESCRIPTION: In a room, two puppies wearing green “Future Guide Dog” vests play.
NARRATOR: Fosters are an important part of a dog guide's journey. Foster families receive training and support from the foundation. As the puppies grow and learn in a home environment.
[Puppies bark]
DESCRIPTION: The puppies play. Outside, manager Lucy holds Eloise.
MANAGER LUCY: So Eloise is one of our puppies. She's just turned eight-weeks-old. And she's gonna be leaving today. And she's gonna be going with John and Justine.
[Background chatter]
DESCRIPTION: The man with the blue touque, John, and the curly-haired woman, Justine, arrive. Justine leans towards Eloise.
NARRATOR: John and Justine have fostered 12 puppies for the dog guides program.
MANAGER LUCY: This is Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: John and Justine pet Eloise.
JOHN: Hi, little Eloise.
JUSTINE: Hi.
MANAGER LUCY: She's been waiting to meet y'all, excited.
DESCRIPTION: Justine holds Eloise and kisses her.
JOHN: Oh, there you go.
MANAGER LUCY: She's got the cutest little black paws as well. Sort of a little pad, so.
JUSTINE: She's a big change for us having a yellow one, too. You start with a little ball of fluff.
MANAGER LUCY: All the way back to J.K.
DESCRIPTION: Eloise licks Justine’s chin.
JUSTINE: It's like going back to the beginning again.
JOHN: That's right.
JUSTINE: Yeah, it's such a-
JOHN: All the little adventures.
JUSTINE: Such a journey.
JOHN: A brand-new baby. Start all over.
MANAGER LUCY: Start all over again.
JOHN: Hey, like Justine? Yes.
JUSTINE: You are.
JOHN: Good girl.
JUSTINE: You are a lovely girl-
JOHN: Yes.
MANAGER LUCY: Aren't 'ya?
JOHN: You're starting to get chewy, aren't you?
DESCRIPTION: John and Justine pet Eloise.
MANAGER LUCY: Yeah, she's not (indistinct).
NARRATOR: Future dog guides puppies get a special kit to prepare the foster parents.
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy holds a red bag and takes out a card.
MANAGER LUCY: So, she has her I.D. card.
JOHN: Okay.
MANAGER LUCY: So, she's allowed to go out into access, into public places. And her beautiful, very much smaller, but baby little green jacket.
[John laughs]
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy takes a green jacket out of the bag.
MANAGER LUCY: So, they are always cute. So definitely if she's out in public anywhere, if you could have the green jacket on.
JUSTINE: Right.
MANAGER LUCY: Just so that they know that she is a future dog guide. And that will get her used to her big girl uniform when she graduates with a client.
JUSTINE: Then you'll get a red jacket.
MANAGER LUCY: And obviously her feeding schedule. We got all of that on this. So, you'll know when she needs to go to the vets. When she needs to come to class to see sort of other puppy friends. And then as she grows, we're gonna give her a little bit more food as well. So that she'll have...
JOHN: You'll like that, Eloise.
[Justine and John chat]
MANAGER LUCY: Oh, she will. Congratulations, guys. Excited to have another puppy in home with you. And we'll see you at the puppy classes and the vet visits. And we'll check in.
JUSTINE: Say "Bye," Eloise.
DESCRIPTION: Manager Lucy pets Eloise and kisses her.
MANAGER LUCY: So see you later, sweetie. Okay, mauh.
JUSTINE: We'll see you soon at class.
MANAGER LUCY: Perfect. Thank you so much, bye.
[Eloise squeaks]
DESCRIPTION: Eloise leans towards John as he pets her. She yawns.
NARRATOR: Looks like Eloise will be ready for a nap on the ride back to her new home.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a bright winter day, Lucy steers her power wheelchair on a road.
NARRATOR: Meet Lucy. An 18-year-old studying in London, Ontario.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy has pink pillows on her bed and wears a pink hooded sweater.
LUCY: My favourite colour is pink. I have brown hair and pink ends.
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy has a pink water bottle on a desk and pink sheets on her bed. The bottom of her power wheelchair is lined with pink. A sign in front of a school building reads, “King’s. Western University. Canada.”
NARRATOR: That's not all that's rosy in Lucy's world. With her stylish pink glasses, pink water bottle, pink sheets, even a matching pink wheelchair gets Lucy around her school campus.
DESCRIPTION: A sign in front of a school building reads, “King’s. Western University. Canada.”
LUCY: I go to King College within Western University. Studying disability studies. I've got some classes in there that I go to.
NARRATOR: Disability studies is about learning how to make the world fair and accessible to those with different disabilities.
[Keys and tags rattle]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy flips the keys and tag at the end of her lanyard.
LUCY: All right, we're home.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy. In Lucy’s room, Elwood lies on the bed with a stuffed animal toy. Elwood wears a pink collar with black flamingos and a black collar.
NARRATOR: While cruising around campus, Lucy can often be seen with a furry someone by her side. Her mobility service dog, Elwood. You can recognize this black Labrador retriever by his sleek coat, red service vest, and yes, a touch of pink thanks to Lucy.
LUCY: He has a pink flamingo collar on.
[Toy squeaks, Elwood pants]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood plays with the toy. Outside, Elwood runs beside Lucy.
LUCY: Me and Elwood enjoy going on walks together.
[Elevator dings]
LUCY: Elevator ride.
[Elevator doors clack]
DESCRIPTION: Inside, an elevator door opens, and Lucy and Elwood enter it. Outside, Lucy and Elwood pose together on the road.
NARRATOR: Lucy has cerebral palsy. A condition that affects a person's ability to move and balance.
DESCRIPTION: In a cafeteria, Lucy picks up a salad and pays for it at a counter.
LUCY: It effects everybody differently. For me, it effects all four of my limbs. I can still walk, but I can only walk short distances. So, I use my power chair to assist me in that. It's definitely challenging sometimes, and it's very uncomfortable.
DESCRIPTION: In a large room, Theresa sits with her back to the windows. She has shoulder-length curly brown hair and wears eyeglasses and a red sweater.
THERESA: My name's Theresa, I'm Lucy's mom. Lucy was born about three months premature. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy taps on the screen of a propped-up tablet.
NARRATOR: Lucy has always had support from educational assistance, also called E.A.’s. Who made school more accessible for her.
DESCRIPTION: Outside, Lucy smiles and pets Elwood.
THERESA: We knew that when she was gonna go to university that there would not be E.A. support. So, thinking about that made everybody a little nervous.
DESCRIPTION: Elwood walks beside Lucy on a concrete path.
LUCY: I never really thought about leaving home and going to university until we got Elwood. And it sort of clicked in my brain, "Oh, I can live alone." Because I have this support system here that I didn't have before.
NARRATOR: Matching a service animal with the right person is kind of like making a new best friend. And when it comes to finding the most special friend, timing is everything.
[Whoosh, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the large room, Theresa sits with her back to the windows.
THERESA: She met a volunteer who fostered dogs for the Lions Guide Dog Program. And she saw some of the things that the puppy was learning how to do. And she said, "I want a service dog."
[Theresa chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: On a winding path leading from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility, Sarah stands with her hands in her red jacket pockets. Her long blonde hair is in two braids. Elwood’s red vest has the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides logo.
SARAH: My name is Sarah. I am an instructor in the service dog program for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. In the service program, our dogs are trained to assist those with a physical disability. So often, someone who's using a form of mobility aid, which would be like a power wheelchair, a manual wheelchair, maybe a walker.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy uses the power wheelchair and leaves a building, wearing her pink jacket and pink touque. Elwood wags his tail and walks beside her.
THERESA: Lucy kept thinking about it and talking about. Until eventually I said, "Well, when you're 13, and you're sure that this is what you want. Because a dog is a lot of responsibility as well as a help, then we can put in an application."
NARRATOR: Then one day in the last year of high school, Lucy's dream finally came true.
THERESA: We had the call that there was a service dog for her and could she come to the training? So it was a real whirlwind to get her ready to go.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood sit together on a cloudless, clear day. A wreath hangs on a building behind them. Inside a cafeteria, Elwood picks up a boot and gives it to Lucy. Outside, Lucy boops Elwood’s nose.
NARRATOR: When Sarah, along with a team of instructors had Elwood fully trained to do a collection of tasks specifically tailored to Lucy's needs, it would be Lucy's turn to join the ranks by attending in-person classes at the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides Training Center where she met Elwood for the first time.
LUCY: The dogs were fully trained, but they were training us on how to handle the dogs.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy unzips her jacket and reveals a black Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides shirt. In her room, she sits in front of the tablet and smiles. In a lobby, she and Elwood move away from an elevator. Lucy waits at the entrance of a building and watches Elwood push the accessible door button.
SARAH: Lucy had such a positive attitude. I know she was a student in high school. She was headed into university in the coming years. Elwood was such a happy, go-lucky guy. He was a go, go, go kind of worker. And I figured he was gonna be a really good match for her day-to-day life at school.
LUCY: They announced that they were going to give us our dogs. I was very excited.
[Elwood whines]
DESCRIPTION: Video footage shows Elwood walking in a circle in front of Lucy with his tail wagging. He steps on the footrest of Lucy’s power wheelchair and puts his head on her lap. Lucy pets him, and his tail wags excitedly.
THERESA: Right away, I knew it was an incredible match. Sort of like a missing puzzle piece that she had been waiting for.
LUCY: He was very excited. Ready, and he hopped right up on my chair. And just loved me.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood picks up her pink hat from the floor. He tugs on the sleeve of her pink jacket, and Lucy pulls her arm out.
NARRATOR: The team at Lions Foundation trained Elwood in a variety of skills that help Lucy everyday. Including fetching dropped items, helping to remove clothing such as sweaters or coats. And Elwood is a pro at opening doors all over campus.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood stop by an accessible door button.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Button rattles]
DESCRIPTION: Elwood hits the button, and the door opens.
NARRATOR: He simply hits the accessible door button.
LUCY: Elwood, push.
[Buttons clatter, light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Inside and outside buildings, Elwood hits the accessible door buttons. Inside a building, Elwood hits the button, and the door swings open for Lucy.
NARRATOR: There's another special command that Elwood is trained to do, and that's call for help. And soon after Elwood first went home with Lucy on one wintery day, Elwood would be put to the test.
[Elwood barks]
DESCRIPTION: Lucy poses with Elwood beneath an arch of blue and white balloons. Outside, Lucy speaks to Elwood, and he barks.
LUCY: I was on a walk, and there was a lot of snow, and I didn't really think much about it until I got stuck. Then Elwood helped me get help by barking until someone was able to locate me.
NARRATOR: Good job, buddy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood lies on the bed. Outside, Elwood runs, without his vest, and chases his stuffed dog toy on the grass.
THERESA: He is the most friendly, cuddly, affectionate dog you could imagine. He has so much energy.
SARAH: You know, he was gonna be her best friend, and now he is!
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy looks down at Elwood.
LUCY: Good boy.
DESCRIPTION: She works on her tablet as Elwood naps on the bed. A photograph shows Lucy on stage wearing her graduation gown and mortarboard hat. Elwood stands beside her power wheelchair. A second photograph shows Lucy wearing her pink prom dress with a pink corsage on her wrist. Elwood sits beside her, wearing a striped bowtie. In a third photograph, Lucy poses in front of a King’s University College sign with Theresa, a man with short grey hair, and Elwood. Text on the sign reads, “A place to be. A place to become.”
NARRATOR: Lucy and Elwood have already experienced two of life's major milestones together. Including Lucy's high school graduation and prom. Now these inseparable study buddies are on track to getting a university degree.
DESCRIPTION: Beneath the clear blue sky, Lucy steers on a brick pathway.
LUCY: Look at all the grass, trees.
DESCRIPTION: In her bedroom, Lucy works on the tablet as Elwood naps on the bed.
NARRATOR: Lucy and Elwood are crushing campus life together. And it appears that Elwood is scoring some high marks with Associate Dean, Doreen.
DESCRIPTION: Near a wall of windows, Associate Dean Doreen has short brown hair. She wears a red-and-gold shirt.
DOREEN: Elwood's an excellent student. Has his manners with him all the time and is so devoted to Lucy, and the members of our community.
LUCY: Elwood makes me feel safe because he can help me in different ways than anyone else could.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy steers her power wheelchair on an uneven path past a large house.
NARRATOR: Not only does Elwood support Lucy around campus, but he also gives her the confidence to continue to try new things.
[Whoosh, chatter]
DESCRIPTION: In her room, Lucy is interviewed in front of her desk. Outside, she waits as a silver minivan arrives. A man wearing a yellow and silver safety vest pushes Lucy’s power wheelchair up a ramp on the side of the vehicle, and Elwood follows.
LUCY: One of the things I wanna do is use the shuttle system for the first time. And then go meet my mom across campus for coffee. I guess it's the first time that I'm doing this. So it's definitely an exciting adventure to leave and to try something new for the first time.
NARRATOR: Once safe and secured, off they go.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood ride in the minivan.
LUCY: Elwood, we're on our way.
[Vehicle squeaks, upbeat music continues, device beeps]
DESCRIPTION: The minivan stops, and Lucy steers her power wheelchair down the ramp. Elwood follows behind her. In her room, Lucy is interviewed in front of her desk.
LUCY: Elwood! We're here. Elwood allows me to do things I didn't know I was able to do. But he also has access to everywhere I go, because he is a mobility device. So he's like a wheelchair or walker when going into places.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Elwood enter a cafeteria and approach Theresa.
THERESA: Hi, Lucy.
LUCY: Hi.
DESCRIPTION: Lucy and Theresa sit with coffee cups and dessert on a table in front of them.
THERESA: How long did it take to get all settled and organized?
LUCY: Not that long.
THERESA: No? Did Elwood like it?
DESCRIPTION: A flashback shows Lucy and the man in the safety vest laughing.
LUCY: I think the shuttle system was easier than I thought it was gonna be, and I definitely wanna use that more in the future. Then work my way up to more trips and hopefully eventually I'll be able to leave campus more easily.
[Lucy laughs]
DESCRIPTION: In the cafeteria, Theresa and Lucy smile.
THERESA: Did Elwood snore in class again this week?
LUCY: Yes.
THERESA: The professor say anything?
LUCY: No, not this time.
THERESA: No? That's good.
DESCRIPTION: In a different cafeteria, Lucy and Theresa eat fast food.
THERESA NARRATES: Having Elwood by her side, it gives Lucy even more confidence and gives us confidence as parents that she is gonna be okay. That she's got somebody who's with her that knows her and is able to support her so that she's able to get through her days and be successful in class and in life.
DESCRIPTION: Sarah stands in front of the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility.
SARAH: I feel like they're a really good match. I wish I could see them strutting campus together all the time. I know they're doing really well together.
[Button clatters]
DESCRIPTION: In a building, Associate Dean Doreen stands in front of the windows. In front of a building, Elwood hits the accessible door button.
DOREEN: Service animals really enrich a community and provide an opportunity for conversation. What are all the ways that Elwood makes life easier for Lucy on campus?
DESCRIPTION: In Lucy’s room, Elwood tugs on the sleeve of Lucy’s jacket.
LUCY: Now having Elwood has allowed me to live independently here at university without needing an extra person's support.
[Whoosh, slide whistle, pop]
[Title] Collar of Duty Kids.
[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]
[End Credits] Directed and Produced by Laura Lillie. Featuring Sam and Shaemus and Soleil, Lucy and Elwood. Narrator: Craig Smith. Executive Producers: Laura Lillie, Raj Panikkar, Christopher Szarka. Original Theme Music Joel Silver. Copyright 2025 Purple Panda Productions Incorporated. All rights reserved.
DESCRIPTION: The Purple Panda Productions Incorporated logo includes a photo of a child and a German Shepherd.
[Logo] S.M.I. Summerhill Media Incorporated.
[Logo] Produced in association with A.M.I.
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