Puppy Update!

Puppy update!  We had a nice letter from our puppy that is being trained as a guide dog for autistic children.  Wellsie is learning to take the Skytrain, go up and down escalators and get on and off elevators.  He understands "find the door" and "find the step" and never misses a meal! These guide dogs make a huge difference to the children and their families - making even something like going to MacDonald's  and being able to sit inside to eat possible.  Sometimes autistic children will cry, scream or shift into "dead weight" if they are stressed.  This behaviour can bring on dirty looks and horrible comments from complete strangers about how spoiled and rotten the child is.  But when a guilde dog is present this changes to curiousity about the support dog.