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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:
- Joelle Saltel
- City:
- Winnipeg
- Province, Country:
- MB, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- Cockapoo
- Date of Birth:
- November 17, 2001
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 13
- Weight:
- 18
- Coat Colour:
- multi
- Eye Colour:
- brown
Hi, my name is Mocha. I'm ¾ Poodle and ¼ Cocker Spaniel. I'm Mom and Dad's only little boy and they spoil me rotten! I like to play with other dogs at the park and Mom and Dad said that they might get me a little sister soon, so I can have somebody to play with at home too. I like to sleep on my back and take up as much room as I can when I sleep in "our" bed. I like playing with Coke bottles or snuggling on Mommy's lap. And I love giving kisses to everybody (including cats)! I like going for long car rides but I hate traveling on planes. My favorite toy is my blue “Cochon” (pig) and I bring it everywhere I go. The best day of my life was when Mom and Dad brought me home from the pet store.
