

Melanie Repella - President 4 Paws Ohio State
“Atlantis”. I stared at that name for what felt like days during my initial 4 Paws orientation. Today I have sat through more than six orientations and I could probably give the orientation if I ever needed to. I could see his crate against the side of the room and the corner of a big white cone sticking out. “I would get the dog with a cone on his head” I thought to myself. Finally, we were allowed to meet our pup and even though I’m sure it goes without being said, I fell i


Lynn Agee - 4 Paws University Program Coordinator
When I moved away from my comfort zone, after losing everything I thought I had: My first real love, someone who I thought was my best friend, and my first puppy I was ever able to call my own at the young age of two and a half, I was nothing but lost. On the largest campus in the state of Ohio, only knowing a hand full of people. Lonely, homesick, and depressed.
One day, sitting in Thompson Library “studying” for a midterm, I saw a German Shepherd peacefully laying undernea