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Spud
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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:
- Sharon/Linda Quarrell
- City:
- Thunder Bay
- Province, Country:
- ON, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Shih Tzu/Lhasa /Apso
- Date of Birth:
- Not Provided
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 22
- Coat Colour:
- Not Provided
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
My name is "SPUD". I know, I know the potato thing. I live with my Mommy and Daddy and my friend Peaches (Bichon Frise) and 2 cats (Ugh)and fish & turtles. I like to go for truckie rides with my parents especially to visit my Aunty & Uncle. They have chickens and I help put them back in their coup but as you see from the picture I was so embarrassed when "Hop Along" startled me "THE BOSS" when she pecked my butt. On my more relaxed days I play with my toys and hide them in the back yard, I sleep on Mommy & Daddy's bed and take as much room as I can get. Peaches sleeps there too and I push her out of the way. I am spoiled and love it. Thanks Mom & Dad
