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concerned and worried about difficult child 2... Hoping for suggestions.
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 451438" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Re: dog as therapy... </p><p>Been there - really depends on three things... 1) the nature of the dog, 2) how the kid actually reacts, and 3) how pet-friendly the rest of the house and household are... because its lots of work.</p><p></p><p>We have fairly responsible kids (still difficult child kids... we have our hands full too) - as in, they can hold it together well enough to actually be doing the major portion of work in dog training. But ours are older... and used to dogs... and hold it together fairly well "in public". Having said that... ours were not exactly "puppies" (try, "teen-aged dogs") - a pair (yes, I really am totally insane) of 7-month-olds from a shelter. Took me <u>months</u> of sleeping in the same room as the dogs to get them night-broken and past some basic attachment issues. BUT... the unconditional love and friendship have been a big boost to a kid who has trouble making/keeping friends, and the responsibility has been good for both kids, (and the rest of us too!)</p><p></p><p>And yes - here's hoping you don't end up with a difficult child dog! (been there done that - I was insane before, now I'm totally insane)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 451438, member: 11791"] Re: dog as therapy... Been there - really depends on three things... 1) the nature of the dog, 2) how the kid actually reacts, and 3) how pet-friendly the rest of the house and household are... because its lots of work. We have fairly responsible kids (still difficult child kids... we have our hands full too) - as in, they can hold it together well enough to actually be doing the major portion of work in dog training. But ours are older... and used to dogs... and hold it together fairly well "in public". Having said that... ours were not exactly "puppies" (try, "teen-aged dogs") - a pair (yes, I really am totally insane) of 7-month-olds from a shelter. Took me [U]months[/U] of sleeping in the same room as the dogs to get them night-broken and past some basic attachment issues. BUT... the unconditional love and friendship have been a big boost to a kid who has trouble making/keeping friends, and the responsibility has been good for both kids, (and the rest of us too!) And yes - here's hoping you don't end up with a difficult child dog! (been there done that - I was insane before, now I'm totally insane) [/QUOTE]
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