After my last visit to the Autism Dogs farm in early February, it was about three weeks before Daisy was delivered. One of the trainers brought her down and stayed for two days...| Finding Hope
Not long after my sleepover with Daisy, my Autism Assistance Dog in training, I was back up at the Autism Dogs farm for what was supposed to be, I think, four days to do the public access and famil…| Finding Hope
In early January, about three months after my third playdate with my Assistance Dog in Training, Daisy, my Mum and I went back up to the Autism Dogs farm for another playdate and our very first sleepover!| Finding Hope
Mid December, I was back at the Autism Dogs farm for my third playdate with my autism assistance dog in training, Daisy.| Finding Hope
And here is the second part of my Autism Dogs journey! Having been accepted onto the programme, I went up to visit the Autism Dogs farm to work on my Advanced Task List and meet some of the dogs…| Finding Hope
My second playdate with Daisy didn't happen until early October 2024 due to both us and Autism Dogs having had to reschedule at one point. But we finally made it happen and we were headed back to the farm to see Daisy.| Finding Hope
In my last post about this process, it was May 2024 and Autism Dogs had just been contacted me to tell me that they had a potential match, a black Labrador called River.| Finding Hope
I applied to Autism Dogs twice, first in September 2021. But a month later, I was informed that I hadn’t gotten past the application round.| Finding Hope