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Pet Tip
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:
- Pam Burke
- City:
- Charlottetown
- Province, Country:
- PE, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Border Collie Mix
- Date of Birth:
- October 16, 2000
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 24
- Weight:
- 50
- Coat Colour:
- Black and white
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
I was adopted from the PEI Humane Society by two funny humanes when I was 2 months old...
Now I spend my days laying in the sun, chasing cats, chatting with the Labs next door and teasing the Pomeranian that just moved in.
I love to play catch & go to the local dog park to run with my friends. I'm
hoping to get into agility soon and I am currently learning how to jump the
hurtles, rather then run around them. :)
When I'm at home I can be found bouncing my Kong down the stairs to get treats, or kicking around a ball.
My favorite spot to relax is the bed, but I also love stealing warm spots on the couch when someone gets up.
My pet peeves would be when I drop my food in the water dish, and when the
mail man wakes me up from my mid morning nap. I sometimes growl at him when
he comes over, then he runs away. hehehehe
