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Originally Posted by kalina82  wow, i see this is a tough situation for you on so many levels. I know there are different kinds of service dogs. with suzi being so small i take it she is an emotional type of service dog. I do not know what is disabling your son, and i see that he is 16. Maybe he would like a different breed of dog to be his buddy and helper?
my thinking is that suzi is a year old and you had her from a puppy so you trained her to be your service dog. you say that you want another dog to be your sons service dog, but you'd perfer an older yorkie. what if you get this older yorkie and she/he has no interest in being a service dog (ie doesn't want to spend tons of time with your son, doesn't like suzi, has housebreaking/training problems)? Maybe a trained service dog like a larger mixed breed/lab/golden/doodle would be nicer for him? ya know?
i'm just throwing my thoughts out there. i know this is tough for you. |
Thank you,
This is what I am looking for, is ideas. SUZI is my Service dog, due to my serious /multiple psychatric conditions. My son who will be 16 yrs old, has High functioning autism, along with cognitive delays, meaning mild Mental retardation which makes him seem like he is much younger then he really is at his age. With the autism, he has narrow intersts. his our dates or actors and acteress, movies, dates of deaths, births , when people are born, when they acted in a movie.
A great distraction is the DOG> My Dog. Suzi is usually always with me. UNtil My kid distracts her .Which is mostly all the time when he's home. COnfuses Suzi, of course, she is a friendly little sweet dog , though, but he has nicknames for her too.
My son has severe allergies> the dog would have to be a hypo allergenic kind. I am unsure if it ought to be a grown dog. I have thought the dog would have or could have behavioral issues already? and wating to train a dog for a service animal then it is best to start out as a puppy, correct? We live in a apartment, so the dog needs to be small.
Any other suggestion? Even a mixed breed? A yorkie Poo? I wonder who breeds them in my area? I am not fond of CHi's That is a no go . I think Anther Yorkie would be ok? Just not a super tiny ! Any other suggestions?