Super Soul Special: Faith, the Two-Legged Dog

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Original Air Date: December 25, 2019 Oprah talks about the many ways animals teach and inspire us. Oprah shares the lessons she's learned from her own dogs and from other animals featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah says one of her greatest teachers was her beloved dog, Sophie. Oprah was also inspired by one of her most memorable guests, Faith, the dog who overcame severe deformities to learn to walk on two legs. "If that little dog can do that, what can you do?" Oprah asks. Oprah also looks back at a ground-breaking program called Puppies Behind Bars, which teaches prisoners to train puppies to become service dogs for wounded soldiers. Oscar-nominee Glenn Close takes us inside a prison to hear how men with histories of violence are being transformed by this amazing program. Finally, Oprah looks back on a touching moment played out in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as Nate Berkus comes to the aid of a survivor unable to part with his beloved dog, Rafiki. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of the
0:07.5	most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us
0:21.0	starts right now. I am a woman who loves dogs. I've always
0:29.0	loved dogs and I think that one of the reasons why I love them so much is because as a child I wasn't allowed to have them.
0:36.0	And as I grew up, that was the first thing I wanted was to get my own dog.
0:42.0	To date, I think I've had, I was just counting up before the show I think I've had 21
0:47.6	Dogs since I was an adult and one time I had 11 dogs all at one time and nothing makes me happier than being with my dogs.
1:00.0	We're going walking. Yeah, we are. Come on.
1:04.0	Nothing makes me happier than a walk in the woods or a walk on the lawn or a roll on the lawn
1:10.0	with my dogs.
1:12.0	Over the years, I have felt the truest, purest love, the love of God really, I imagine that's
1:20.9	what God's love feels like is the love that comes from your dog
1:25.7	because everybody says it's unconditional and they're happy to see you no matter
1:30.9	what and there's never any judgment.
1:34.0	One of my greatest teachers is my dog Sophie.
1:38.0	Now Sophie lived for 13 years
1:41.0	and came to work with me every day.
1:43.0	Hi, Sophie.
1:45.0	Thank you.
1:47.0	Hi, so.
1:48.0	I was there for every show,
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