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Service Dogs and Autistic Children – Pet Tip 253
Dogs help humans in so many ways. They help with companionship, with tasks that they carry out for us and sometimes they help make every day living much easier. Perhaps the best demonstration of this fact is when dogs help people with disabilities. Many of us have seen dogs helping blind people and many have heard of dogs that feel when a seizure in an epileptic person is about to occur and then protect them from injury. Dogs can also help aid autistic children and parents of autistic children in many ways as well. Recent studies suggest that the prevalence of autistic children in Canada may be 1 in 165 children or higher. Therefore, many people may well personally know of an autistic child in their extended family, or know of friends or acquaintances that have an autistic child. So how can dogs help these autistic children?
The National Service Dogs (NSD) organization in Ontario Canada, is one of the best organizations that specifically help train dogs to make the lives of autistic children better. You might be wondering how a service dog can be useful to autistic children
- Owner:
- Ashley McCulloch
- City:
- Port Elgin
- Province, Country:
- Not Provided
- Type/Breed:
- Himalayan
- Date of Birth:
- May 1995
- Date of Death
- May 6, 2004
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 8
- Coat Colour:
- Mix
- Eye Colour:
- Green/Yellow
Honey, we loved you more than you knew. Your laid back attitude made us smile every day. I remember the time when you were just a baby. You fell in a cardboard box, we couldn't find you for hours...but we did and you were so happy. I remeber the night you discovered that fire hurts. You tried to smell the candle and burnt off your whiskers. You and I sat in the dark for the rest of the night. I remember you little face when mom bathed you. You grumpy guy. I remember the time Jenna cut off all your whiskers. You looked so funny, you made me smile. I remember the day I brought you home, I kept thinking how handsome you were and how lucky we were to have each other. You made everyone around you smile. I am so sorry we couldn't be with you yesterday, you must have been so scared. I am so sorry you got sick...if we had only known. Always remember that we love you so, so much. We will always miss you.
Forever in our Hearts,
Ashley, Jenna, Janet, Steve, Shaun and Bob
Paws and Tucker
XOXOXOXO
