So I put it all down.. its been a bad day and it seem some people
just don't get it.
Sunny is registered with http://www.usservicedogregistry.org/lookup_details.php?id=1249959026
some of what Sunny knows(I did not teach him tricks);
Sit
sit up
down
Wait- THis will ask him to wait for me if hes offleash, it also halts what ever hes doing.
up
down
go around-Asks him to go to my other side or if wrapped up, to walk around the object
Otherway-asks him to go around in the oppisite direction hes walking.
walk on-releases him from "wait" or asks him to walk ahead of me
go
no
all the way(chin on paws)
go back
load up(to get in the van)
get it
leave it
Watch(asks him to watch a person, this is for when someone makes me nervous, he will alert me to any movement by that person so I don't have to keep a watch, no one notices when a dog stares)
go faster(asks him to speed up his pace)
stay
move over
get in the back
Find him(looks for Tak)
jump
Where are you supposed to be(heel)
Couch(sends him to his pet bed)
go to bed(sends him to his kennel)
kisses
come
Commands with hand signals(we are working more on these)
down
all the way
go to bed
sit
under-asks him to lay under a table.
Reactions to situations
I stay in bed beyond normal- He will wake me by rearing up on the side of the bed and bopping me or the bed with a paw.
When medicine knocks me out(see above) plus he will bark when someone comes to the door(he does NOT bark if I am awake)
When I become stressed, He will alert me that its happening by bumping my hand with his head, If I ignore him he will be more insistent and be more persistent in getting my attention.
When I am depressed, he will 1st ask me to get up. If I ignore him he becomes more insistent and will bring toys to me.
He is learning to bring my medicine bottle to me.He has the concept down but still needs work.
He has helped me over come agorophobia and is helping me over come social anxiety. He has helped me relearn how to interact with people over the past few years as from 1999-2005 I was a literal shut in. I went no where and I stayed in my home and in my room. He encourages me to interact which is easy as people love to meet the dog, even if they don't care about me.
He identifies and reacts to my stress in social situations by giving me a way to politely exit the situation. I can only take so much of people and then I cannot handle them anymore.
Sunny is too small to do some of the tasks I need of him but hes so good in all the other areas that I wouldn't have any other dog beside me. IN the future once Sunny is gone I will look towards a larger breed, one who will be able to pull a chair and support me. Its something I will have to think of as early symptoms (testing is still in the works) that I may have MS, certainly Neurological problems have begun with the trigeminal neuralgia setting in.
What am I already diagnosed with;
16 yrs post liver transplant
Lupus
fibromyalgia
osteo arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
Auto-immune hepatitis
bi-polar/manic depression
post traumatic stress disorder
trigeminal neuralgia
post herpatic neuralgia
migraines
cluster headaches
irritable bowel syndrome
Raynauds
abdominal hernia(irrepairable)
short term memory loss
chronic fatigue
social anxiety/panic
Before the Neurontin most of the time I was in and out of a chair but more often on and off crutches.I will be receiving radiation therapy for the Trigeminal and they will begin tapering my neurontin. I expect more manic episodes and more time on crutches once again as the drug does more than turn pain into numbness.
Sunny will be retired when he can no longer work and I will look into getting another dog to train(or get one already trained as I do not know how to train things like bracing. More than likely a larger breed that will be able to pull a chair or support me if I become shaky.
Sunny is registered with http://www.usservicedogregistry.org/lookup_details.php?id=1249959026
some of what Sunny knows(I did not teach him tricks);
Sit
sit up
down
Wait- THis will ask him to wait for me if hes offleash, it also halts what ever hes doing.
up
down
go around-Asks him to go to my other side or if wrapped up, to walk around the object
Otherway-asks him to go around in the oppisite direction hes walking.
walk on-releases him from "wait" or asks him to walk ahead of me
go
no
all the way(chin on paws)
go back
load up(to get in the van)
get it
leave it
Watch(asks him to watch a person, this is for when someone makes me nervous, he will alert me to any movement by that person so I don't have to keep a watch, no one notices when a dog stares)
go faster(asks him to speed up his pace)
stay
move over
get in the back
Find him(looks for Tak)
jump
Where are you supposed to be(heel)
Couch(sends him to his pet bed)
go to bed(sends him to his kennel)
kisses
come
Commands with hand signals(we are working more on these)
down
all the way
go to bed
sit
under-asks him to lay under a table.
Reactions to situations
I stay in bed beyond normal- He will wake me by rearing up on the side of the bed and bopping me or the bed with a paw.
When medicine knocks me out(see above) plus he will bark when someone comes to the door(he does NOT bark if I am awake)
When I become stressed, He will alert me that its happening by bumping my hand with his head, If I ignore him he will be more insistent and be more persistent in getting my attention.
When I am depressed, he will 1st ask me to get up. If I ignore him he becomes more insistent and will bring toys to me.
He is learning to bring my medicine bottle to me.He has the concept down but still needs work.
He has helped me over come agorophobia and is helping me over come social anxiety. He has helped me relearn how to interact with people over the past few years as from 1999-2005 I was a literal shut in. I went no where and I stayed in my home and in my room. He encourages me to interact which is easy as people love to meet the dog, even if they don't care about me.
He identifies and reacts to my stress in social situations by giving me a way to politely exit the situation. I can only take so much of people and then I cannot handle them anymore.
Sunny is too small to do some of the tasks I need of him but hes so good in all the other areas that I wouldn't have any other dog beside me. IN the future once Sunny is gone I will look towards a larger breed, one who will be able to pull a chair and support me. Its something I will have to think of as early symptoms (testing is still in the works) that I may have MS, certainly Neurological problems have begun with the trigeminal neuralgia setting in.
What am I already diagnosed with;
16 yrs post liver transplant
Lupus
fibromyalgia
osteo arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
Auto-immune hepatitis
bi-polar/manic depression
post traumatic stress disorder
trigeminal neuralgia
post herpatic neuralgia
migraines
cluster headaches
irritable bowel syndrome
Raynauds
abdominal hernia(irrepairable)
short term memory loss
chronic fatigue
social anxiety/panic
Before the Neurontin most of the time I was in and out of a chair but more often on and off crutches.I will be receiving radiation therapy for the Trigeminal and they will begin tapering my neurontin. I expect more manic episodes and more time on crutches once again as the drug does more than turn pain into numbness.
Sunny will be retired when he can no longer work and I will look into getting another dog to train(or get one already trained as I do not know how to train things like bracing. More than likely a larger breed that will be able to pull a chair or support me if I become shaky.