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Nice! Thanks! I'm broke until I get my student aid in but I might have to do a black dog t-shirt from the dollar store, and some iron on letters from walmart that says "Service Dog In Training" until the first week of september. Looking at that website now. :) She was having an off day at...

What can be used instead of a service dog vest? Those things are expensive and Jersey is tiny. Plus I don't like the flashing sign... I'd rather carry a letter from my dr. I saw a thick harness at Walmart for $10. Can you get patches small enough to sew on? Maybe people will believe me more...

Awww she's so pretty! I love her name too btw. I wish I could rename mine but my boyfriend named her 3 years ago, and Jersey only met me 6 months ago hehe. Yea you make a good point about not letting her do that. She lets out a warning growl even if it's a kid. It's probably going to be...

Oh wow! People are so horrible! I'm hoping since I'm in a small town and prefer to only get groceries at Target (it's the smallest grocery store around) and taking her to school hopefully people will get used to it. Why on earth do people think it's their right to harass others?!?! Hopefully...

Would you say it's better to take the dog into Walmart for the first time late at night when it's not as busy, or better to just go during normal times? Thanks for all the advice btw! :)

That's what I meant by mastery... that she has fully learned the tasks and is ready to start practicing them out in the real world. She's actually great with all animals. I took her on a not-barking focused training walk tonight, and she touched noses with sheep and goats, etc. Never barks at...

That makes more sense they need to do it on command. I've always seen dogs do it on their own, but we're on day 3 of training and she's got 90% of it mastered. She's got the touching of my knee mastered without fail and will reach up with both paws and touch whatever knee I point to. She...

She seems to understand those mood changes already. For instance, whoever looks more sad or stressed out... my boyfriend or me... she goes and lays with that person. When I'm crying she looks at me with very concerned eyes and doesn't know what to do so she just watches over me. She's already...

I'm training my little chi/min pin mixed dog to be my service dog. Two trainers have told me she's the right SD for me. If she can go to college with me, I will do SO much better! She calms me and gets me to focus on her instead of all the people around me. I pushed her pretty hard yesterday...

I've trained my dog on a good chunk of the alert behaviors I need from her (she learns extremely fast and loves to work!). However, I haven't yet figured out... How do you make the connection in the dog's brain between the alert behaviors and signs you're about to have an...

Actually, I haven't had an abusive relationship in quite some time... Not since 2010. I didn't start dating for a couple of years, and encountered a narcissist... Then stopped dating or getting involved with anyone at all for another 1 full year. Both the men and women I dated (and befriended)...

See, that's the thing... My father is a full blown messed up sociopath who worshiped hitler. I know how to tell if someone is like that right off the bat. It's just my boyfriend has trauma issues too, and he has been reluctant to seek help for it. But I've been able to really get through to...

That's one of my kitties in the photo by the way. :) she wanted me to turn off the light shining in her eyes lol

That's what's ironic is I didn't realize what I was getting into but I thought... We've known each other 3 years and he seemed like pure good. Luckily I'm bi so when I give up on men, I can jump the fence lol. I'm already petrified of men and he was one of the only ones I trusted. Can't say I...

Are you on medicaid? I have medicaid here in my state and it pays for weekly session with a trauma counselor. I absolutely love my counselor. I've called her twice today and she talked me through the shit with my boyfriend. She makes sense of all the crap in my head in a science kind of way...

I agree with all three of you. He did something super malicious this morning where he lied to me, yelled at me about it, acted like a psycho douche, then left the house after stomping around mumbling to himself... He said a friend of mine's girlfriend (who I'm also friends with) sent him a...

As a child, most of my abuse with my mother was in regards to cleaning. She thought I owed them for being born and demanded I clean up after both them and myself, but I was a tiny child trying to feel some sense of control over my life. They controlled and tormented me so heavily, that being...

Thanks FridayJones and Mystery. I hope it won't be as bad as I think. I must confess... I am a bit more freaked out since I had my first dissociative episode the other night, and my counselor said that with particular life events that come up (I was kidnapped for 9 months) that if the fear...

I've been trying desperately to find a dog I can use as a service dog so I can take it to school with me, but either I get a dog that's not a good fit or I wait 1-2 years to get maybe get a service dog grant. I start school in August and waiting that long for a service dog defeats the purpose...

I agree with all of those! I did Kung Fu for a while with my father, but I stopped because he was scaring me. It made me feel very strong though. Service Dog is something I'm pursuing right now too so I can get through college. I'm pretty good with dog training so I'm trying to find someone...

Oh yea I was like that too... bad adult acne. I've made my doctors all focus on getting my adrenaline rush stabilized so I don't have to feel it. When it comes back I get suicidal because it's so freaking painful. I HATE feeling that hyped up more than anything. When they give me new meds to...

That happened to me too! I'm on an antidepressant, anti anxiety and low dose antipsychotic. My body is so stabile now that I can eat whatever the hell I want. I was diagnosed gluten, lactose intolerant and hypoglycemic (no caffeine, juice, soda, sugar, all the various forms of sugar, white...

If you ever do feel like you could do something, don't be afraid to go to the hospital. I've gone twice in the last 10 months for suicidal ideation and got sent to two different hospitals. Both times I got put on the right medication and my psychiatrist at home added the 3rd med. You get...

Ohhhh yea that can happen! I spent 14 years being allergic to gluten, dairy, sugar, soda, juice, fruit, caffeine, and even certain preservatives. I'm on 100mg of zoloft, 20mg buspar, and .25mg risperdal. The meds have stabilized my body so much that I've lost ALL my food allergies to food and...

Yea, my brain is easily primed for trauma development. Once you have already experienced so much trauma, the brain is overreactive and begins to see everything as a threat... hyper alert. Luckily the meds have nearly stopped that painful cycle of black or white love or hate that went on in the...