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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 50936" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>When we were in the thick of it before difficult child was diagnosed I came upon an article on therapy dogs. I am highly allergic so we were limited in what type of pet we could have. We chose a cairn terrier, which led to another and then another. The last one is difficult child's dog for real, although the others were always shared :0).</p><p></p><p>With the first pup, difficult child had some trouble understanding that the dog didn't always understand what she wanted and would sometimes threaten to hurt him. For a while there we kept them separated until she was able to assure me she wouldn't hit him or yell at him for no reason. Eventually she was fine. </p><p></p><p>We added the 2nd one to keep the 1st company while we were out. Then, the 1st one had to be put down. One day difficult child and I stopped by the pet shop 'just to look' at the pups and there was this one little pup who wouldn't stop staring at us with her big giant nose and her tongue hanging out - it was adorable. difficult child said, "Mom, I think she wants us to take her home" and so, I activated my credit card and bought Sophie! Sophie is difficult child's dog and guess what? Sophie is a difficult child - they understand each other perfectly! LOL.</p><p></p><p>I think if it helps, it's a great idea. And adopting is definitely a great way to go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 50936, member: 2211"] When we were in the thick of it before difficult child was diagnosed I came upon an article on therapy dogs. I am highly allergic so we were limited in what type of pet we could have. We chose a cairn terrier, which led to another and then another. The last one is difficult child's dog for real, although the others were always shared :0). With the first pup, difficult child had some trouble understanding that the dog didn't always understand what she wanted and would sometimes threaten to hurt him. For a while there we kept them separated until she was able to assure me she wouldn't hit him or yell at him for no reason. Eventually she was fine. We added the 2nd one to keep the 1st company while we were out. Then, the 1st one had to be put down. One day difficult child and I stopped by the pet shop 'just to look' at the pups and there was this one little pup who wouldn't stop staring at us with her big giant nose and her tongue hanging out - it was adorable. difficult child said, "Mom, I think she wants us to take her home" and so, I activated my credit card and bought Sophie! Sophie is difficult child's dog and guess what? Sophie is a difficult child - they understand each other perfectly! LOL. I think if it helps, it's a great idea. And adopting is definitely a great way to go! [/QUOTE]
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