Sammyiam
MyPTSD Pro
I'm sorry I'm not sure where to put this ?
Hi Everyone,
I talked about getting a service dog last year, but I think I was just in to bad a place to try and sort it out.
My dog has just mated with my sister in laws dog and I have the most beautiful puppy. She is nearly 3 months old and I really want to try and get her to be a service dog.
I have a couple of questions if anyone doesn't mind.
Will a service dog help to stop Dissocation ?
What age can they start to get trained ?
Do they have to be a big dog ? ( I was bitten when I was five by a large dog and I get stressed by big dogs )
Can I have other dogs living in my house or does the service dog have to be the only one ?
I took Lilly to the vet today for her 3 months jabs and I had her with me for the day. I took her into a couple of shops tucked into my shirt and everyone just loved her. ( phone shop, tool shop ) no food shops just ones I knew whould like her. I showed her to my psychologist and she told me to bring her to therapy with me. I go to town and get very stressed out. I walk into shops thinking everyone can see what happened to me, everyone is looking at me thinking im fat, useless, horrible, I dress like a guy and I think people just think I'm a yucky person and a loser.
When I had Lilly with me today everyone just wanted to ask questions about her like, how old is she ? Isn't she beautiful, what's her name etc.
Today is the first time I have come home and not felt like the most terrible person on the planet and that everyone can see who I really am, and feel like a dirty useless horrible person.
I know in the USA service dogs are very common, here in NZ they are not so much we have them but I have no idea where to start. I am going to ask my pyschologist next week and my psychaitrist as well. I am really keen to do this and I don't care what it costs or how long it takes. I think she does more for me than a lot of meds.
Please if anyone can help me
Thanks
Sammy
Hi Everyone,
I talked about getting a service dog last year, but I think I was just in to bad a place to try and sort it out.
My dog has just mated with my sister in laws dog and I have the most beautiful puppy. She is nearly 3 months old and I really want to try and get her to be a service dog.
I have a couple of questions if anyone doesn't mind.
Will a service dog help to stop Dissocation ?
What age can they start to get trained ?
Do they have to be a big dog ? ( I was bitten when I was five by a large dog and I get stressed by big dogs )
Can I have other dogs living in my house or does the service dog have to be the only one ?
I took Lilly to the vet today for her 3 months jabs and I had her with me for the day. I took her into a couple of shops tucked into my shirt and everyone just loved her. ( phone shop, tool shop ) no food shops just ones I knew whould like her. I showed her to my psychologist and she told me to bring her to therapy with me. I go to town and get very stressed out. I walk into shops thinking everyone can see what happened to me, everyone is looking at me thinking im fat, useless, horrible, I dress like a guy and I think people just think I'm a yucky person and a loser.
When I had Lilly with me today everyone just wanted to ask questions about her like, how old is she ? Isn't she beautiful, what's her name etc.
Today is the first time I have come home and not felt like the most terrible person on the planet and that everyone can see who I really am, and feel like a dirty useless horrible person.
I know in the USA service dogs are very common, here in NZ they are not so much we have them but I have no idea where to start. I am going to ask my pyschologist next week and my psychaitrist as well. I am really keen to do this and I don't care what it costs or how long it takes. I think she does more for me than a lot of meds.
Please if anyone can help me
Thanks
Sammy
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