Post by yezziqa on Jun 21, 2018 23:17:22 GMT
I have PTSD and have lived with a service dog for the last 10 years, the other day I had to put her down due to her becoming criticaly ill in just a couple of hours.
She was a alaskan husky (Scandinavian hound), not the typical service dog, but perfect for me. I trained her myself, as I was better then.
When she died, my world crumbled and my heart broke, and i'm just starting to realise how her departure will effect my life. I do have two other dogs, but they don't make me calm in the way that she did and while they are still here (I hope it will be for a long time) I can't have a new puppie, I just don't have the energy for it.
Bying a trained service dog costs around 25 000 dollars, not a possibility. Bying a adult is not a possibility either, I need them from the puppie age to make them like I need them to be.
So, I need tips on what breeds (doesn't need to be a FCI breed, can also be a mix) I should look into. Let me describe what I need:
No barking what so ever, as noises can set my attacks off
A gentle soul, that can stop and smell my face when i'm sad (like the scottish dearhound)
Not enormous, should fit into a normal trunk of a car
and shouldn't tear a house down
Don't mind hugging
Must like cats, i'm a crazy cat lady...sort off
Not a lab, or any off that sort of mentality, they are to much in my face
Healthy, I want the average age to be at least 14 years
Not to small, at least knee hight.
Not a monster when they are a puppy, like the husky.
For you that wonder how I can even think of a new dog, I miss her and I miss the wonderful things she did for me. And I believe that the best way to remember someone lost to us, is to continue the life we lived togheter.
My friend call me every day now to make shure that I don't kill myself, they know how important that darling dog was to me.
She was a alaskan husky (Scandinavian hound), not the typical service dog, but perfect for me. I trained her myself, as I was better then.
When she died, my world crumbled and my heart broke, and i'm just starting to realise how her departure will effect my life. I do have two other dogs, but they don't make me calm in the way that she did and while they are still here (I hope it will be for a long time) I can't have a new puppie, I just don't have the energy for it.
Bying a trained service dog costs around 25 000 dollars, not a possibility. Bying a adult is not a possibility either, I need them from the puppie age to make them like I need them to be.
So, I need tips on what breeds (doesn't need to be a FCI breed, can also be a mix) I should look into. Let me describe what I need:
No barking what so ever, as noises can set my attacks off
A gentle soul, that can stop and smell my face when i'm sad (like the scottish dearhound)
Not enormous, should fit into a normal trunk of a car
and shouldn't tear a house down
Don't mind hugging
Must like cats, i'm a crazy cat lady...sort off
Not a lab, or any off that sort of mentality, they are to much in my face
Healthy, I want the average age to be at least 14 years
Not to small, at least knee hight.
Not a monster when they are a puppy, like the husky.
For you that wonder how I can even think of a new dog, I miss her and I miss the wonderful things she did for me. And I believe that the best way to remember someone lost to us, is to continue the life we lived togheter.
My friend call me every day now to make shure that I don't kill myself, they know how important that darling dog was to me.