>> Steve: DETAILS ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO A MESA-ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

THE FINAL STEPS OF NASA'S OSIRIS-REX MISSION AND MEET A THERAPY DOG TEAM WITH GABRIEL'S ANGELS.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M IN FOR TED SIMONS TONIGHT.

FINALLY AFTER THREE WEEKS SINCE FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY WAS OUSTED, THE HOUSE HAS A NEW LEADER.

THEY INSTALLED MIKE JOHNSON AS THE NEW SPEAKER.

>> THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IS 429 OF WHICH THE HONORABLE MIKE JOHNSON OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS RECEIVED 220 VOTES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Steve: JOHNSON IS A VOCAL SUPPORT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AN ELECTION DENIER AND CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYS THESE WRONG.

>> WE'VE HAD ELECTION DENIERS AS NOMINEES AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO 217 VOTES.

WHAT I CARE ABOUT AT THE MOMENT IS THAT WE GET AID TO ISRAEL.

WHAT I CARE IS THAT WE GET AID TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

WHAT I CARE MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT WE GET AID TO UKRAINE.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT -- AND WE GET A BUDGET PASSED.

>> Steve: HURRICANE OTIS RIPPED THROUGH THE COASTS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 5 STORMS LEAVING A TRAIL OF DAMAGE IN ACT OK OK POKECO AND THE STORMED CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE, LANDSLIDES AND OBSTRUCTED ROADS AND NO INFORMATION ON WHETHER ANYONE WAS KILLED.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS FINED $10,000 AFTER VIOLATING A GAG ORDER IN HIS BUSINESS FRAUD TRAIL.

DURING A BREAK IN THE TRIAL, PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE STATEMENTS ABOUT SOMEONE PRESIDING AND JUDGE ENGORON ASKED TRUMP WHO HE WAS REFERRING TO AND TRUMP SAID HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE JUDGE AND HIS FORMER FIXER MYSELF MICHAEL COHEN AND SLAPPED TRUMP WITH A FINE.

>>> THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES.

THEY WON IN GAME SEVEN IN FULFILL AND THE D-BACKS FACE THE TEXAS RANGERS IN THE SERIES SET FOR 5:03 AT THE AR ARLINGTON GLOBE LIFE PARK.

>> Steve: A MESA ASSISTED LIVING CENTER WAS ACCUSED OF MAKING MISTAKE.

HERITAGE VILLAGE WRACKED UP MORE CITATIONS THAN ANY OTHER FACILITY IN ARIZONA BY A LOT.

THE CENTER RECEIVED 148 STATE CITATIONS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

OUR REPORTER IS AN INVESTIGATOR REPORTER FOR AZ CENTRAL AND HAS BEEN COVERING THIS AND IS WITH US NOW.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

STEVE >> Steve: FOR FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T READ YOUR STORIES SERIES, ARE THERE A COUPLE THAT STAND OUT AS MORE REPULSIVE THAN ANY OTHERS IN.

>> AT HERITAGE VILLAGE SPECIFICALLY IN.

>> SPECIFICALLY.

>> THERE WAS A RESIDENT HAD GIVEN A WOMAN A BLACK EYE AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER ENDED UP THAT NIGHT BEATING UP ANOTHER RESIDENT AND THEN THE STAFF TRIED TO INTERVENE AND ENDED UP NOT BEING ABLE TO, HIDING IN THE BATHROOM WITH THE WOMAN HE HURT AND CONTINUED TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMON AREA AND HIT ANOTHER PERSON.

THE POLICE SHOW UP AT THE SCENE AND THE MUSIC IS GLARING AND BLARING AND THE OFFICERS SAID THE GUY HURT SOMEONE TWO DAYS PRIOR.

THEY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY.

THEY DIDN'T REPORT IT TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN THE PLACE AND THE STATE HAS NO RECORD.

THE MAN THAT HURT PEOPLE, IT'S NOT THAT HE WAS DANGEROUS BUT A FORMER EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT HIS MEDICATION HAD BEEN SKIPPED FOR MANY DAYS PRIOR TO THAT.

>> Steve: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY VIOLATIONS HERITAGE VILLAGE COMMITTED, THERE ARE PUTS, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

SO THEN YOU END UP WITH SITUATIONS WHERE A RESIDENT GETS PRETTY SEVERELY INJURED AND THERE'S A $500 FINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

>> Steve: STATE DEPARTMENT, YOU'VE CONTACTED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND TO SOME EXTENT, JURISDICTION IS NOT THEIRS?

>> THEY SAID ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT ABUSE AND NEGLECT OR EXPLOITATION HAPPENED ALONG WITH POLICE.

>> Steve: SO HERITAGE VILLAGE -- I WAS CONFUSED IN READING LATEST PIECE IN WHETHER THERE'S NEW MANAGEMENT OR WHETHER THERE'S MANAGEMENT FROM 2017 AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT WHO IS RUNNING HERITAGE VILLAGE AND HOW LONG?

>> FOR SURE.

THERE'S A PRIVATE REAL ESTATE FIRM CALLED MADISON REALTY COMPANIES THAT ACQUIRED THE FACILITY IN 2017.

THEY'VE HAD IT SINCE THEN.

LAST YEAR AFTER HUNDREDS OF CITATIONS, THEY ENDED UP FIRING THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT DID THE DAY-TO-DAY CARE.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING AND TRAINING CAREGIVERS AND THE DAY-TO-DAY CARE OF RESIDENTS.

>> Steve: TRAINING IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OR LACK THEREOF.

WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AGING, WE WANT TO THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO CARE FOR THEM KNOWING THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LIVES AND MAYBE THEY HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN AND PUT THEM IN A FACILITY THEY CAN TRUST.

WHEN YOU TALK TO FAMILIES WHO HAD ISSUES WITH HERITAGE VILLAGE, HOW DAUNTING WAS THAT TO HEAR AND HOW DAUNTING WAS THAT TO GO THROUGH WHEN LOVED ONES ARE PUT IN THESE PLACES?

>> THEY FELT POWERLESS AND LIKE NO ONE WAS LISTENING TO THEM.

THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD TRUSTED THEIR LOVED ONES IN A FACILITY, A CARE FACILITY.

THEY ASSUMED THAT PEOPLE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF THEIR MOMS.

THEN THEY FOUND OUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AND ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO GOT HURT SAYS SHE CARRIES GUILT AROUND WITH HER, THAT SHE DECIDED SHE WAS NO LONGER EQUIPPED TO TAKE CARE OF HER MOM.

THEN SHE'S DISCOVERING THAT THESE FOLKS WHO WERE TRAINED TO TAKE CARE OF HER MOM DID A WORSE JOB THAN SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

SHE'S UNTRAINED AS SHE PUT IT.

>> Steve: HOW BIG OF A CONCERN IS THIS, FOR THE OBVIOUSLY REASON, THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO A CERTAIN AGE AND THESE FACILITIES ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY AND I PRESUME THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE.

SO IS THERE MANAGE TO BE DONE TO HAVE NEW REGULATIONS OR ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS IN EFFECT SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE FACILITY, THERE'S A CERTAIN STANDARD OF CARE THAT'S REQUIRED?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE CHANGES ON THE HORIZON.

KRIS MAYS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID SHE BE LOOKING TO SUE AND CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE FACILITIES THAT JEOPARDIZE THEIR RESIDENTS.

A DAY AFTER OUR STORY RAN, KATIE HOBBS CAME OUT AND SAID SHE WOULD CALL ON ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY FAILED LOOK INTO THAT, AS WELL AS SHE PRODUCED A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TIGHTENING ASSISTED LIVING.

ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY STUCK OUT AS WHERE INCREASING RULES AROUND WHAT MAKES MEMORY CARE, MEMORY CARE.

FACILITIES USE MEMORY CARE AS A MARKETING WORD.

BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT REALLY ANY ADDITIONAL RULES AROUND WHAT MAKES MEMORY CARE AND SHE HAD THAT WAS ONE OF HER INITIATIVES.

>> Steve: IS THERE A FEELING THAT THESE SORT OF ISSUES CAN BE BIPARTISAN?

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM FOLKS AT AARP AND THE LEGISLATURE.

>> Steve: BASED ON THE REPORTING, IS THERE A WAY TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF HOW ARIZONA HANDLES SENIOR CARE IN THESE SITUATIONS?

OBVIOUSLY HERITAGE VILLAGE IS HORRIBLE, BUT IS IT A STATE THAT IS FOCUSED ON THIS OR FOCUSED ON GETTING BETTER?

IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER STATES?

>> RIGHT, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT COMPARES TO OTHER STATES IS NOT GREAT.

I SURVEYED ALL THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTSDEPARTMENTS AND WE WERE LACKING IN A NUMBER OF REGULATORY AREAS THAT OTHER STATES HAD, INCLUDING WHERE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES DON'T HAVE TO REPORT TO THE AGENCY WHEN PEOPLE GET HURT.

SO THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

MOST PLACES REQUIRE THAT.

BUT I DO THINK IF THE PROPOSALS THAT KATIE HOBBS PUT FORTH YESTERDAY TAKE OFF, WE MIGHT LOOK AT THE BETTER REGULATIONS COMPARED TO OTHER STATES.

>> Steve: IS THIS STUFF YOU'LL BE CONTINUING TO DIG ON OR THINGS YOU STARTED THAT MAYBE WE'LL SEE IN A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS OR SO?

>> YES.

MY COLLEAGUE IS PUTTING OUT A PIECE PRETTY SOON THAT WILL SHOCK A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> Steve: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

STEVE NEXT, THE FINALLY STEP OF NASA'S OSIRIS-REX MISSION.

>> Steve: GNAW'S OSIRIS-REX MISSION WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016 HAS REACHED A MILESTONE LANDED IN THE UTAH DESERT FOR NASA TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE.

WE WELCOME VIA ZOOM, PROFESSOR DANTE LAURETTA, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR.

DANTE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> MY PLEASURE, STEVE.

>> Steve: LET'S GO BACK TO 2016 AND COME BACK TO 2023.

THERE ARE SUCCESSES WHEN IT COMES TO A MISSION AND CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER THIS MISSION HAS BEEN A SUCKER CESS SUCCESS SO FAR.

>> OSIRIS-REX MISSION HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS AND WE'RE THRILLED TO BE IN THE FINE STAGE.

FINAL STAGE.

WE HAVE SAMPLES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MATERIAL WE BROUGHT HOME AND GETTING READY TO DELIVER SOME OF THAT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND BEGIN THE ANALYTICAL TASKS.

>> Steve: I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WAS BROUGHT BACK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AND LOOK FOR THE SCIENCE, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR?

>> YES.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROCKS FROM AN ASTEROID, THESE ARE MATERIALS THAT FORMED OVER FOUR AND A HALF BILLION YEARS AGO BEFORE THE EARTH EVEN EXISTED.

AND WE TARGETED ASTEROID BENNU FOR IN MISSION BECAUSE WE HOPED IT CONTAINED WATER IN THE FORM OF DELAY MINERALS AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

IT WAS THESE STONES TO THE EARLY EARTH THAT LEAD TO OUR OCEANS, TO THE AIR AND OUR ATMOSPHERE AND TO ALL OF THE MOLECULES THAT MAKE UP ALL LIFE ON EARTH.

SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR ORIGINS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAME FROM.

STEVE WHEN IT >> Steve: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ROCKS, WHAT GOES ON IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND HOW LONG CAN THIS TAKE?

I MEAN, IT CAN TAKE AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO GET THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

ARE THERE OTHER DATES TO SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS SO MEANINGFUL TO EVERYONE WATCHING?

>> WE RELEASED SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT NASA ON OCTOBER 11th, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL OUT OF THE SAMPLE COLLECTOR NOW AND WE'RE TRIAGING.

THERE'S SOME VARIATION, DIFFERENT KINDS OF STONES WHICH IS EXCITING.

I'MING ANALYZING THE MATERIAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND MAKING A DETAILED REPORT AT A CONFERENCE AND WE'LL BE WRAPPING THIS UP IN 2025.

>> Steve: CAN YOU PUT IN CONTEXT HOW IMPORTANT THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION MISSION IS -- AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T FAIR -- BUT IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS NASA HAS?

AND MAYBE BY LIVING THROUGH IT OR BASED ON HISTORY AND I READ THE RIGHT STUFF AND HOW IMPORTANT THE IT WAS AND WHERE DOES THIS FIT INTO INCREASING OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE?

>> OSIRIS-REX MISSION HAS PIONEERED SO MANY TECHNOLOGIES AND PROPOSES TO ASTEROID EXPLORATION AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE CARE ABOUT BENNU, IS BECAUSE IT'S A HAZARDOUS ASTEROID AND THE MOST HAZARDOUS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF HITTING THE EARTH 160 YEARS FROM NOW.

WE LEARN HOW TO GET TO AN OBJECT, HOW TO SURVEY AND PREDICT THIS INTO THE FUTURE AND CHARACTERIZE ALL OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW IN THE EVENT YOU WOULD NEED TO TEA NEGLECT DEFLECT THIS.

WE HAVE TWO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR ACROBATIC AROUND THIS ASTEROID.

WE COLLECTED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MATERIAL AND BROUGHT IT BACK AND THE LARGEST ROBOTIC SAMPLE RETURN FROM THE EARTH MOON SYSTEM IN HUMAN HISTORY.

>> Steve: I'M GOING WAY BACK AND PUT WHEN IT GOES INTO THE TESTING THAT MAKES THIS HAPPEN SO THAT IN 2023 THIS IS A SUCCESS, HOW CAN YOU DO SUCH ACCURATE TESTING AND PINPOINT TESTING TO ACTUALLY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHEN OSIRIS-REX MISSION STARTS, THE RESULT HAVE BEEN GOOD?

>> PERSONALLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM 20 YEARS AND HAD A DEDICATED TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, ARTISTS, YOU NAME IT AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED PERFECTION.

THE WAY WE DO THAT IS DEDICATION, FOCUS, A CAMARADERIE AND TEAM ENVIRONMENT AND WE JUST PRACTICE AND PRACTICE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO DO SOMETHING FOR REAL, WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WILL GO AND GOES PERFECTLY.

>> Steve: I'M AT THE STUDIO ON THE CAMPUS STATE UNIVERSITY AND YOU'RE A PROFESSOR AT U OF A.

HOW MUCH PRIDE SHOULD THE STATE TAKE IN THIS, AT HEART OF THIS?

>> ARIZONA SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD.

WE'RE A LEADER IN SPACE SCIENCE AND HAVE BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR OVER A CENTURY NOW.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS A PARTNER ON OSIRIS-REX MISSION.

THEY BUILT ONE OF OUR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND THEY'LL BE DOING ANALYSIS IN LABORATORIES.

WE'VE WORKED WITH PEOPLE AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITIES AND COMPANIES ACROSS THE STATE.

WE HARNESSED ALL OF THE TALENT TO PULL OFF THIS MIRACLE.

>> Steve: WE CAN TELL BY YOUR ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, BUT HOW EXCITED ARE YOU THAT THIS IS HAPPENING?

>> WELL, THIS IS CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER FOR ME.

[ Laughter ] >> SEEING THOSE SAMPLES AFTER DREAMING ABOUT THEM FOR SO LONG WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE, FIRST OF ALL, SENSE OF RELIEVE.

A LOT THAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG AND WE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT THOSE CONTINGENCIES AND IT'S JUST -- I'M EXTATIC, RIGHT?

THE BEST TIMES ARE AHEAD OF US AND THE SAMPLE IS AMAZING.

IT HAS MORE CARBON THAN ANYTHING WE'VE ANALYZED BEFORE, THE ORGANICS LIKE AMAZING.

SO WE'LL REWRITE THE TEXTBOOKS WITH THIS ONE.

>> Steve: THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Steve: GAY BRIEGABRIELLES PET THERAPY TEAM VISITS DOMESTIC SHELTERS AND TITLE ONE SCHOOLS TO INTERVENE IN CHILDREN'S LIVES.

WE HAVE A PET THERAPY TEAM AND HER DOG MIA.

WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY MIA.

THE ORIGIN OF GABRIELLE'S ANGELS, WHAT BROUGHT THIS ABOUT?

>> 23 YEARS OLD, THE FOUNDER WENT DOWN TO CHILD CRISIS WITH HER DOG TO SOCIALIZE THIS AS A PUPPY AND WHAT SHE FOUND BY DOING THAT IS THAT KIDS FACING TRAUMA WERE REALLY HEALING THROUGH THIS DOG.

SO SHE WAS, LIKE, AN IDEA IS BORN AND I NEED OTHERS TO COME ALONG WITH ME AND SPREAD THAT OUT AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER DRIVEN.

>> Steve: TALK ABOUT THE CORE BEHAVIORS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.

>> CORE BEHAVIORS, EVERY CHILD NEEDS TO KNOW EMPATHY, CONFIDENCE, SELF-REGULATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS MAKE THEM A HEALTHY ADULT AND TO BE ABLE TO LEARN.

>> Steve: SO I'M LOOKING AT MIA, DIANE, AND I WAS TOLD I WOULD GET TO DO THIS SEGMENT AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I'M A DOG LOVER.

WHEN I THINK OF THERAPY DOGS, I THINK OF RETRIEVERS.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT MIA THAT MAKES HER SO SPECIAL?

>> SHE'S ONE OF THE SMALLEST ONES AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE VEST.

IT'S AN EXTRA, EXTRA SMALL.

[ Laughter ] >> WE HAVEN'T THEM FOR THE GIANT DOGS, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO THE SIZE.

DOGS LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY AND SHE WOULD BE HELD BY STUDENTS VERSUS A BIG DOG WHO MIGHT BE SITTING NEXT TO THEM AND MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

IT'S THE ATTENTION THAT THEY PAIDPAYTO THE CHILD.

WITH THE PROGRAMS WE WERE INVOLVED IN, THE ONE-ON-ONE IS IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE HOLDING THE DOG AND CUDDLING THE DOG AND SIZE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

>> Steve: WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED SO MUCH?

>> I HAVE ANOTHER DOG NAMED ZOEY.

SHE'S NOW 15 AND SEMI RETIRED.

AND I SAW THE VALUE OF THERAPY DOGS WITH ADULTS, WITH SENIORS, WITH CHILDREN.

AND IT WAS JUST SO MOVING AS TO WHAT THEY COULD DO THAT A HUMAN CAN'T DO.

AND WHAT PEOPLE, ADULTS, AS WELL AS CHILDREN, SAY TO THE DOG THEY MAY NOT SAY TO ANYONE ELSE AND THAT JUST BRINGS THEN AROUND.

IT'S A WONDERFUL EMPATHETIC KIND OF SITUATION.

>> Steve: SOMETIMES YOU MENTIONED MIA WILL BE AT SKY HARBOR AND PEOPLE GET SO MUCH OUT OF ANIMALS TO CALM THEM DOWN AND WE TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH KIDS AND CHILDREN AND DOES IT HELP THAT MUCH TO START AN EARLY STAGE THAT WE LOVE OUR DOGS AND MAY NOT NEED THEM IN QUITE THE SAME THERAPEUTIC WAY IF STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE?

>> I THINK EVERYBODY COULD USE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF A PET.

I THINK WE ALL HEAL FROM THAT.

BUT YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A DOG AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DOG BE TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK LIKE THIS, STARTING AT AN EARLY AGE IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO TO KIDS YOUNGER TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM CONNECT AS THEY'RE GROWING ODDER.

>> Steve: WHAT TRAINING GOES INTO THIS THAT MAKES THEM READY FOR GABRIEL'S ANGELS?

>> REAL AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR DOG LOVES CHILDREN, LOVES PEOPLE AND THAT THEY'RE NOT BARKY, BUT IT'S A TALK THAT LOVES PEOPLE AND LOVES BEING AROUND PEOPLE.

>> Steve: DID YOU KNOW MIA HAD THAT QUALITY RIGHT AWAY?

>> NO.

SHE WAS A HORRIBLE PUP AND WAS GOING TO FAIL OH PEED OBEDIENCE SCHOOL.

SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

AT THE AGE OF ONE, IT WAS LIKE A LIGHTLIGHTBULB WENT OFF AND SHE WAS TESTED.

THE DOGS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

WE'RE WITH ALLIANCE OF THERAPY TALKS AND IT'S A THREE-DAY TEST.

ARE YOU IN CONTROL OF THE DOG AND THE DOG SUSPECT IN CONTROL OF YOU.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.

OF COURSE, SHE WAS.

>> Steve: THE DOG HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN CONTROL OF ME.

>> AND IN CONTROL OF THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD, TOO, RIGHT.

[ Laughter ] >> DAY ONE IS DISPOSTION, WALK FAST, WALK SLOW, SIT, STAND.

THEY CAN MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT AS LONG YOU SAY, GOOD DOG, YOU CAN DO THAT AND YOU'RE ENCOURAGING THEM AND YOU'RE A TEAM.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU GO TO TWO DIFFERENT FACILITY FACILITIES AND YOU CHOOSE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO YOUR THERAPY WORK?

ONE OF THE PLACES WE CHOSE WAS GABRIELLE'S ANGELS BECAUSE SHE LOVES KIDS AND READING AND THE "ABC PROGRAM" WAS GREAT FOR US.

>> Steve: WHAT HAVE PARENTS TOLD YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT IT'S HAD ON THEIR KIDS?

>> SO MUCH.

IN FACT, YOU MENTIONED HOW MUCH KIDS COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL, THERE ARE MORE STORIES OUT THERE ABOUT TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO SAID I'VE NEVER SEEN THE KIDS TALK LIKE THAT.

WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE DOGS, IT LETS THEIR GUARD DOWN AND IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM.

>> Steve: WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO GET OUT OF MIA.

SHE SALUTES SOLDIERS AND CAN WE SEE THAT?

>> WE'LL SEE.

CAN I PUT HER ON THIS TABLE HERE.

SHE USUALLY DOES THINGS FOR TREATS AND I DON'T HAVE ANY TREATS, BUT WE'LL TRY.

AND SHE SALUTES WITH THE KIDS, TOO.

SIT AT ATTENTION.

YOU'RE ON TV, TO THIS.

SALUTE AND SHAKE FIRST.

SALUTE.

[ Laughter ] >> Steve: OH, MY GOSH.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

>> Steve: MIA HAS A BASEBALL CARD?

>> SHE DOES.

SO ALL OF THE CHILDREN GET THOSE TO GIVE OUT AND IN THE "ABC PROGRAM" THEY GET A BOOKMARK, ANIMALS, BOOKS AND CHILDREN, WHAT BETTER COMBINATION.

STEVE THANK YOU.

>> Steve: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON ARIZONA HORIZON TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING!