Hello, we are the Barcelo family and a short time ago our family experienced the heartbreaking loss of our oldest son, Logan's service dog, Rocky. When Rocky came into our lives we could not have imagined the amount of help he would do for Logan. Logan would light up every time we would even speak his name. I had to make up a calendar with the days marked for him to know when the next visit was going to be during his training.

I remember going to the Safari Park and having Logan tethered to Rocky, Logan was not listening and trying to go the wrong way, we said Rocky come and he brought Logan back to us saying "No fair, no fair."

Logan went from meltdowns that lasted 3+ hours at times to usually no more than 30 minutes. Rocky was only going to be his Autism Service dog but out of nowhere, he picked up on a seizure Logan was about to have, this helped us out a lot since Logan has absent/vacant seizures. For the last 4 or 5 years Rocky has also been going to school with Logan and has helped him out tremendously.

On top of him helping Logan with deep pressure and seizures, he also helped him stay focused and communicate with his peers and others in general. People would ask about Rocky and Logan would tell them his name and talk about Rocky's fun new hair colors. This was just what he needs to help his speech and comfort speaking to others.

When Rocky passed you can only imagine how devastated Logan and the whole family became. He is dealing with the loss of his best friend and companion. He has his ups and downs, but Logan relied on having a service dog for his everyday life and is really struggling at this point.

There will never be a replacement for Rocky, however, we do need to do what is best for Logan and work on getting another service dog as soon as possible to help him out. With that comes a huge cost between dog, training, vet visits and supplies. With this being so sudden, we need your help so we can hopefully get a dog set up to help him in high school. If you can please donate, and or if you can share so your friends and family may help too it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and God Bless you for your support in this time of need.