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We spent yesterday under tornado watch and had some pretty severe thunderstorms in the early evening, no internet but power held on for us 
Mid afternoon I got a text that the grandmother and the austic boy were making the four and a half hour drive here to meet their puppy I picked for him. When they arrived I met them out on the front porch with his puppy, it was instant love for the boy and the puppy, that five week old puppy started licking his face and us adults fought back tears. This young man is quiet and seldom talks, very shy and has a fear of being alone, his grandmother has to sleep in his room at night and stay in the bathroom when he showers, the boy is 14...
So after a few minutes I told him to take the puppy in his arms and go for a walk out front and talk to his puppy so they could bond a little , and we would be right here watching him....later we went to the back porch and sat , and his grandmother said that he was having dreams of sitting in the big play box with all the puppies...the box is 8x8x4 feet high with two locks on it (another fear ) ..but he easily went in and sat down in the middle of the puppies and started a smile that wouldn't stop, we quietly moved to the table and sat while he was enjoying himself and lots of puppy breath...after about ten minutes we could hear him talking and carrying on a conversation with the puppies and tears started flowing for all of us adults., grandma just about sobbed as she was shocked that he opened up and was carrying on a conversation with full sentences...more tissues were being handed out and the guys went to the barn as they were tearing up also...they stayed for several hours and he fed the puppies, helped clean them up and kept on talking and talking to his new best friend " Buddy"..this puppy is Mr Chill just like his mom, a excellent PTSD dog who senses fear, stress and immediately comes to take it away and comfort...after over a hour with the pups he joined us and started playing with my four other dogs who were all over him like white on rice lol, I am so impressed how my dogs responded to him, they were kind and in tune with him the entire time...then more " magic" happened, he actually went outside alone with them ( he never leaves his grandmothers sight) we watched as he stayed where he could see us for a while, then disappeared out front and was laughing and running and playing like a " normal" kid...OMG, tears again.....
To say that yesterday was special is a gross understatement... it was just magical to watch him come out of his world and start to feel secure enough to open up and communicate his love of Buddy, to run and play alone out of sight with the dogs, ...
This experience has made me even more committed to placing these puppies and future litters into purposeful homes where they are needed, where both the pup and the human can grow and each achieve their best potential.....I am humbled beyond words
Mid afternoon I got a text that the grandmother and the austic boy were making the four and a half hour drive here to meet their puppy I picked for him. When they arrived I met them out on the front porch with his puppy, it was instant love for the boy and the puppy, that five week old puppy started licking his face and us adults fought back tears. This young man is quiet and seldom talks, very shy and has a fear of being alone, his grandmother has to sleep in his room at night and stay in the bathroom when he showers, the boy is 14...
So after a few minutes I told him to take the puppy in his arms and go for a walk out front and talk to his puppy so they could bond a little , and we would be right here watching him....later we went to the back porch and sat , and his grandmother said that he was having dreams of sitting in the big play box with all the puppies...the box is 8x8x4 feet high with two locks on it (another fear ) ..but he easily went in and sat down in the middle of the puppies and started a smile that wouldn't stop, we quietly moved to the table and sat while he was enjoying himself and lots of puppy breath...after about ten minutes we could hear him talking and carrying on a conversation with the puppies and tears started flowing for all of us adults., grandma just about sobbed as she was shocked that he opened up and was carrying on a conversation with full sentences...more tissues were being handed out and the guys went to the barn as they were tearing up also...they stayed for several hours and he fed the puppies, helped clean them up and kept on talking and talking to his new best friend " Buddy"..this puppy is Mr Chill just like his mom, a excellent PTSD dog who senses fear, stress and immediately comes to take it away and comfort...after over a hour with the pups he joined us and started playing with my four other dogs who were all over him like white on rice lol, I am so impressed how my dogs responded to him, they were kind and in tune with him the entire time...then more " magic" happened, he actually went outside alone with them ( he never leaves his grandmothers sight) we watched as he stayed where he could see us for a while, then disappeared out front and was laughing and running and playing like a " normal" kid...OMG, tears again.....
To say that yesterday was special is a gross understatement... it was just magical to watch him come out of his world and start to feel secure enough to open up and communicate his love of Buddy, to run and play alone out of sight with the dogs, ...
This experience has made me even more committed to placing these puppies and future litters into purposeful homes where they are needed, where both the pup and the human can grow and each achieve their best potential.....I am humbled beyond words
