Have you bought a dog for autistic child?

After lots and lots of research we decided last weekend to go choose a puppy for our son. We took him with us and thoroughly enjoyed playing with the mum dog. We collect puppy in a few weeks. Since telling people we are getting a therm we've had some really negative feedback and people saying we are taking on too much. I know a puppy will be hard work but there are many reasons why we are getting one for my son. People's comments have hurt me. We are getting a golden retriever cross labrador as that's what had bed. Recommended to you'd by several parties. Have you bought a body for your autistic child? If so how has it benefitted them?

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  • We have a border terrier who is much adored by our 3 year old son. He has grown up with her. I think a dog can teach children quite a lot. One of the few times he actually sits still is when our dog is sat next to him on the settee!He loves stroking her, playing fetch and her licking him...yuck!

    I don't think you will regret buying one and your son certainly won't if he's anything like our little boy.

    I seriously think if anything ever happened to our little doggy, we would have to buy another.

    Here's to your sons best friend for life xxxx

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  • We have a border terrier who is much adored by our 3 year old son. He has grown up with her. I think a dog can teach children quite a lot. One of the few times he actually sits still is when our dog is sat next to him on the settee!He loves stroking her, playing fetch and her licking him...yuck!

    I don't think you will regret buying one and your son certainly won't if he's anything like our little boy.

    I seriously think if anything ever happened to our little doggy, we would have to buy another.

    Here's to your sons best friend for life xxxx

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