Re: Mic docs and service dog

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Laurie,

The CC center is in Farmindale, NY. How far is that from you? AS far as

helping you, you really should go and visit a regional center to see for

yourself. It was an eye opening experience for us and the families (references)

that we contacted that had a SD could not stop talking about what a difference

this dog made in their lives. Good Luck

Cheryl

Mic docs and service dog

I took Mic to doctors today and he needed shots well

by the time they looked in his ears eyes weight and

heart Mic had enough he was completely melting down< I

could not hold him down for shots so Dr K says to me

would you like to bring him back with Dad to get his

shots.UGH! I cant even handle him at the docs office

alone anymore.I asked him about Mic and eating he

doesnt think Mic will begin to eat,he says he will

change but he doubted no matter whether its force or

hunger not to get my hopes up. So I asked for a script

for a service dog and hes agreeable but wants some

documentation from the that the dog will benefit

him.He also said if the service dogs work by command

how is Mic going to interact with the dog.So any of

you that have dogs and its helping could you let me

know so I can show that yes Mic will benefit from the

dog.Mic is great with our mutt I think a service dog

would be a great deal of help and I also think Mic and

the dog can be taught to work together.Whats your

opinion??? Thanks Laurie

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[Guest guest]

At 02:56 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote:

>So any of

>you that have dogs and its helping could you let me

>know so I can show that yes Mic will benefit from the

>dog.Mic is great with our mutt I think a service dog

>would be a great deal of help and I also think Mic and

>the dog can be taught to work together.Whats your

>opinion???

It depends on Mic's needs and schedule.

Ray uses his dogs mostly for agitation - works better than some meds

at least for the short term. If nothing else she calms him until the meds

can work. Basically the dog is his security. He feels more comfortable

with his dog is with him. At one point after he was in a treatment center

to restructure meds, Ray was afraid to take a bath. For a long time

he wouldn't take a bath unless the dog was in the bathroom. I couldn't get

him to sleep without her and she helps wake him up in the morning.

Dog helps to make traveling in a car more tolerable. I also thought about

how his old dog kept Ray calm during shots when I read about the

difficulty you had at the doctors.

It gives him a sense of responsibility to take care of her and he is very

proud of her. I have a patch sewn on her cape that says " ask to pet me I'm

friendly. " It is Ray who must give this permission. It increases

his social interaction with others. I saw a piece on television that had

service dogs for high functioning ASD kids because of the increased social

interaction alone.

Ray is not an escape risk but I would think a service dog would help

with that.

I don't remember how old Mic is so I am not sure what you would have his

dog doing.

Peggy Lou

www.parentingyourcomplexchild.com

www.lighthouseparents.com

http://parentingacomplexchild.blogspot.com/

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Mic is 5 1/2 now, I know hes little but I figure it

will take me awhile to get a dog.Our plain old mutt

now tells me if Mic has fallen or noses me until I get

up if something is wrong.This old dog laid beside Mics

crib for months when he was in heart failure.She

protects Mic from the cat very cute I might add.Nolan

is 15 and a great old lady shes a Lab. My feelings are

if Old Nolan is so useful to me for safety purposes

and Mic loves her a service dog would give me alittle

piece of mind. Right now unless we are in our own

house Mic is on the go.The docs office was full and I

chased Mic for about 35 minutes.He would not sit or

stay near me and the doors were driving him crazy

swinging open and shut.There were about 20 kids in

there and none of those mothers were chasing their

kids around just me.A dog would be very helpful so I

can have some independence without Steve.Mic and I do

not go to many places because of safety.The problem

with Mics doc and the dog is I am breaking new ground

asking for a script for a service dog.I understand he

needs justification to write the script.I am breaking

new ground in the school too because I have asked if

the dog could go to school with Mic. I understand the

dogs need to be cared for also Mic has a one on one.

The school sounded actually excited to try it we just

have to work on it.I think that should be enough

justification right there.SAFETY Thanks for all your

help, Mic is very social as long as you dont touch

him.We were the center of attention again today.All

those parents eyes were on us in the doctors, I was

trying to smile and Mic kept yelling BABABABYE BYE

thats his only word right now.Do I sound convincing do

ya think? Sorry for rambling on and on. Laurie