Today we learned how the dogs should be when other people, especially children, approach them. Luckily service dogs of this type are very social animals. We can actually let people pet them, we just really have to be careful about their socialization with other dogs. Tricia practiced with Kermit by approaching Kermit and having him greet her. Pretty amazing stuff! Aunt Maggie thinks it's time Tricia get a mobility dog.
Another boy receiving a service dog in our class also has a dog, Fizz, that is trained for seizure alert. The boy has not had a big seizure in about 6 months so they have been using Danny's seizure scent to train Fizz. They used the scent of Danny's seizure he had on Saturday to work with Fizz (this gave them very fresh scent to work with). Today Fizz alerted an absence seizure in the boy! How amazing, and way to go Fizz! At least something good could come of Danny's seizure!
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