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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:
- Tracy and David Gardiner
- City:
- Port colborne
- Province, Country:
- ON, Canada
- Type/Breed:
- shih-tzu
- Date of Birth:
- November 1999
- Sex:
- Female
- Height:
- 10
- Weight:
- 11
- Coat Colour:
- beige, cream, white, and grey
- Eye Colour:
- brown
Hi. I'm Brandi. I came to live with my family when they found out I needed a home through the internet. I was shy at first and a little bit sick because of all the needles and operations I needed but I am great now. I love my mommy and daddy but my favorite is daddy because I'm his girl. I like to go for drives in the car, and play with my favourite rope toy. I like to run and get it, then they have to run and get it from me. My favourite spot of all is on the back of the couch. I can see what everyone is doing from there and it is hard for my sister Mira to catch me. I get ear infections all the time so my dad takes me to get my ears candled and it helps alot. I lie perfectly still because it feels so good. At night I sleep with my mom and dad. I like to be up on the pillow and wrap myself around their head. It bugs them sometimes because I snore, and talk in my sleep. I like to play the kissing game with my family. It's when we can see who can sneak a kiss without the other one seeing. I win alot. I am so glad I have my family. They love me alot. Thanks for stopping by.
