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28 Jun 2018, 3:06 am

More lovely pics, please?

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28 Jun 2018, 8:45 am

All very lovely dogs!

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28 Jun 2018, 11:45 am

You have such lovely dogs!

These are my two old men, Fudge and Finlay. Finlay (the grey one) is a soft cuddle-bunny who is very tuned-in to how I feel. Fudge, on the other hand, just wants to spend all his time eating and sleeping.

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28 Jun 2018, 12:59 pm

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Very cute!

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29 Jun 2018, 1:06 am

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Ewoks! There's a couple of Shih Tzu that we meet quite often. Lovely dogs, very friendly.

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29 Jun 2018, 1:19 pm

This is Rory. He is a Pit Bull/Black Lab mix.

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29 Jun 2018, 8:34 pm

Rory is awesome! I had a pitbull/chocolate Lab mix named Partner. He was such a great dog and best friends with all of my cats.

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30 Jun 2018, 7:16 am

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Rory is awesome! I had a pitbull/chocolate Lab mix named Partner. He was such a great dog and best friends with all of my cats.

Rory loves the cats we have! We are getting a puppy soon too, I hope he loves the puppy that much too

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30 Jun 2018, 9:51 am

Thanks for posting all these lovely dogs!

TheSilentOne, our first dog would often lie on my bean bag too.

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30 Jun 2018, 10:05 am

As far as I'm concerned, pretty much all dogs, unless they're just plain guard dogs, are Emotional Support dogs at least to a certain degree.

Basically, if you care about the dog, you're getting some level of emotional support from that dog. And the fact that a dog will unconditionally care about you means that you get that emotional support without the stress of having to work very much on maintaining the relationship.

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30 Jun 2018, 1:12 pm

Twilightprincess wrote:

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Arganger wrote:

I'm assuming you have already seen a picture of Asher so here's another one.

I so wish there WrongPlanet a 'like' button. He must be a great help!

He really is

Do you have any advice for a newbie? I’m going to be taking my service dog in training in public in the next couple of weeks.

Start out with a "simple" place, like the outside area of a local mall. Somewhere that isn't too new and strange, yet still is unfamiliar. Not too many distractions, etc.

That's how I started with my SD.

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30 Jun 2018, 1:19 pm

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YeksETTFVzWL5NoD6

The first picture is of my parrot, Sammy. He is my best friend and very affectionate. He is not a service animal as my country only allows dogs to be service animals but he is very calming.

The second picture is of my dog, Latte. He is 8 months old and a service dog. He passes all of the local legal requirements for a service dog (even though I am still working on some things with him, like ignoring hid favourite food that is right in front of him when he is working).

I really love both of my pets. For me, personally, parrots are the perfect pet. I in no way regret getting Latte (a family dog/my service dog) but won't be getting my own dog (when I move out, he will not move with me).

Sammy is a perfect mix of cuddly and self-reliant. He can entertain himself for hours on end. When I am sad he knows and will lean his beak on my face because he knows it will make me feel better.

Latte does things on command, but does not (yet) do calming things "naturally" (without prompt).

If anyone has questions about parrots (or service dogs) I would love to answer them. Parrots are my SI. I think that parrots are possibly the best pet for autistic people.

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30 Jun 2018, 1:21 pm

teksla wrote:

Twilightprincess wrote:

Arganger wrote:

liveandrew wrote:

Arganger wrote:

I'm assuming you have already seen a picture of Asher so here's another one.

I so wish there WrongPlanet a 'like' button. He must be a great help!

He really is

Do you have any advice for a newbie? I’m going to be taking my service dog in training in public in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks! That sounds like a good idea.

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01 Jul 2018, 11:41 am

@ Teksla Latte has grown so much! He is really lovely. Labs are one of my fave breeds

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I very much agree, Splendid Snail! Dogs are wonderful!

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01 Jul 2018, 11:48 am

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Why are you training him to be a service dog if you’re not planning on taking him with you?

I’m just curious. My SI is dogs, so it’s hard for me to understand not wanting to take the dog with you.

I’ve always liked parrots, too. They can be very affectionate and attentive to their people.

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01 Jul 2018, 1:50 pm

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teksla wrote:

I'm training him because I find training fun and interesting but for the most part because I wanted first hand experience on how good I am at training dogs and what it's like training a service dog.

He is, in this regard, a dog that I can train and spot my own weak spots and mistakes I make wont have a long-lasting impact.

I have not made any major mistakes (in fact I have trained him quite well) which makes me quite confident in my training ability for when and if I get my own dog (and would train him/her to me my service dog). And because he now is trained I can benefit from having him with me in difficult places (airplanes, parties, etc.)

Edit: I don't want to take him with me for a few reasons:
1: He was purchased as a family dog and it would be unfair to my family if I took him
2: Everyone in the family has trained him, not always in ways and with commands that I approve of.
3: When I move out I will most likely not be able to financially support a dog (plus a parrot, or two) nor have the time to take Latte out on long walks

(I plan to move away from home when I am studying at university).

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