I've made a GoFundMe to help with my service dog in training Lucy's vet costs. If anyone could donate even a little and/or share this, I would so greatly appreciate it. I'm not one for creating fundraisers and am embarrassed to do it, but trying to get Lucy the care she needs. Thanks so much for reading.
I can also accept PayPal or Interac e transfer:
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@actuallyautistic If you are an #autistic adult with a #servicedog trained to assist autistic adults… would you mind sharing some of the ways your service dog was trained to support you? Thank you!
X-ray results have brought even worse news about my retired service dog’s health. She has very bad cancer, and only has about a month to live. Her hips are also very bad. Shes prescribed pain meds… that’s all we can do for her now 💔 #ServiceDog
How to pick up around the house with your #ServiceDog a comprehensive guide:
Step one, throw the ball
Step two, dog runs and retrieves ball
Step three, dog stops along the way and picks up an item which does not belong
Step four, dog hands you both the item and the ball and you put the item away!
Repeat as many times as needed. And this, is how one cleans their house while sitting on their ass. Work smarter, not harder! 🌛🧡🤟🏻🎾💪
Does anyone here have familiarity with the process of getting a psychiatric service dog for an autistic child?
Our son has a really bad panic/flight thing going on, like bad enough that he’ll be wandering in his mind, then all of a sudden realize he’s not at home or school, and panic/freak out, and then bolt for the exit door and out into parking lots/roads with traffic, full speed, not stopping for anyone unless it’s me, my wife, or his siblings.
Recently he, my three year old, and myself were at Chili’s on a Saturday night eating dinner (he loves their blue lagoon drink), and I had to take the 3 year old to the bathroom to change his diaper. I told him where we were going, making sure he was paying attention and actually heard me. The bathroom was literally 15 feet away, he had even already gone and used it by himself while me and the 3 year old waited at the table. Anyway, I had just finished changing the 3 year old’s diaper and was about to walk out of the bathroom when one of the waiters opened the door and said “your kid is freaking out cause he thinks you left him.”
I walk out of the bathroom and start looking around and he’s at the entrance, out one set of doors and would have already been out the other into the parking lot with cars driving around were it not for a mom that was their with her family of four kids who did her best to hold him. Needless to say I ran to the door and grabbed him and picked him up but he was shaken to his core. He legitimately thought we had left him at Chili’s by himself.
So yeah, he definitely qualifies, but it’d be great to speak with someone who has gone through the process themselves so I get a better idea of what to expect.
Thank you in advance for reading my really long toot, and any help you can give.
Super happy to say that our consultation went great today, and we will be doing our service dog training with Canine Support Services! Lucy did super well, and the trainer was impressed with her. #ServiceDog
A relative is going to pay for two service dog training sessions a month for Lucy! Oh my gosh. I’m so relieved. I’m still solidifying things, but I’ll update when I know more. #ServiceDog
when you are Concerned about sopranos and trumpet players (she is right and she should say it) and are trying your best but also maybe your handler is Wrong and doesn't know it yet 😂
I've been talking about taking Callisto to the French Quarter to do some training now it's cooled down and since Mardi Gras is in like what... 5 months? So my work interpreter-- and one of my bffs-- surprised me today with braille maps of the French Quarter and the Central Business District so I can take them on our adventure. Yes I know we have GPS but sometimes it helps me to have physical copies of things like this especially when it's spacial information. #Deafblind#braille#ServiceDog
Went out to meet my uber and some guy was not watching and stuck his cigarette out on Phoenix's face, where her ear is. She's fine. But holy crap! Then when we sat to wait and so I could check her for injuries there were red ants under the bench and a couple climbed on her but she's clean now I got them off. Poor girl! We are going HOME! She will get extra snuggles. #ServiceDog
Let the dogs outside but of course I didn't know it was chucking down rain. So I got the weather report the #Deafblind way ... when Callisto came in soaking wet. Phoenix was completely dry because she has sense. Callisto on the other hand had herself a good old time! But secretly I think she gets wet so I have to dry her off with the towel, you can have so much fun with towels... and then she can practice her #ServiceDog skills and help me put it in the wash. #DogsOfMastodon
It's a rainy afternoon. Perfect time to do some laundry practice with #ServiceDog in training Callisto! I had a load of jeans and towels and t-shirts in the dryer so I got most of it but she took the huge bath sheet and brought it into my bedroom and on to the bed-- which is where I fold-- and didn't drop it at all! Then she decided that taking a nap on the laundry pile was her reward! #DogsOfMastodon
The #deafblind life is an adventure. I entered a public restroom and asked my #ServiceDog to find the accessible stall. She does and I open the partially opened door and enter. Again, I ask Phoenix to "find the potty" which means take me to the toilet and point at it with her nose. This was a problem because there was someone sitting on it! But of course I could neither see, nor hear them... And they got goosed in the junk by my dog's cold nose as she was trying to do her job! It's NEVER DULL!
A little laundry practice for Callisto the #ServiceDog in training. Today we're working on climbing further into the dryer to retrieve smaller items like washcloths or bandanas.
Ellie’s tail issue turned out to be way less scary than expected. The vet thinks it’s a skin allergy thing. Instructions are to wash it once a week with doggy shampoo. I’m so fucking relieved. #ServiceDog
My daughter will be getting a service dog in September. I volunteer at the organization training it for her. I’m stalking the puppies coming into training so hard. Would you all be interested in meeting the contenders? #WaitingForDoggo#ServiceDog
Today Phoenix and I were leaving so I could get a document notarized. I took the harness off the hook and Phoenix put her head through the hole, but before I could clip the straps closed someone else! CALLISTO! Tried to put her head through the same hole which was currently full with Phoenix's neck! So she settled for getting revenge by picking up Phoenix's leash and forcing her to trot around the house. I did not get pics of the trotting around the house part sadly. #ServiceDog#DogsOfMastodon
I’m worried sick about Ellie. She’s had a bump on her tail for well over a month, and it’s not going away. 2 days ago, it seemed like it had grown in size, but I could be imagining it? I waited a while because I thought she just hit her tail off something. But it’s not getting better, and as I said, may actually be getting worse. I’m so worried that it’s cancer. The soonest appt I could get with the affordable SPCA clinic here is May 2. #ServiceDog
One of the things on my to-do list is to post a personal #introduction and today is the day that I will cross that off!
You can call me Sherry. I love to laugh, and am very joyful and fun overall. Wife to one man, mom to one daughter, and grandma. Owner of 2 #parrots and 2 #dogs (1 of which is my #ServiceDog). We live in a 5th wheel in the midst of one of Michigan's Amish communities on a secluded lot in a beautiful area. BA in #music - currently love playing my #Tyros5 and my small #ukulele collection. Use my music to worship #Jesus, am a #Bible believing #Christian living out the Scriptures 24/7 by holding God's hand throughout my life, failing only when I let go. Always aware I am His vessel. “Where the Bible speaks, we speak; where the Bible is silent, we are silent” (Thomas Campbell) is how I deal with most things. A strong conservative politically, I choose to focus instead on the eternal rather than the temporal in my relationships, online and off, and on loving those that God puts in my path, meeting them where THEY are. Love to cook, and eat to minimize the effects of my disabilities as much as I can since 2004. For me that's been #lowcarb and/or #keto and/or #ketovore and/or #carnivore almost exclusively. Been using social media since my #Compuserve and local #BBS days in the 80s, and my interest remains strong to these #Fediverse times because meeting interesting people is such a delight and joy!