
Service animal for Austin
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This is Austin. He is diagnosed with level 2 (out of 3 levels) autism. He has a history of self-harming and running off ( has almost been hit by cars). Austin has a problem understanding danger. He has to have 24 hour supervision to keep him safe and that also includes at school. An aid is assigned to him to prevent the self-harming and running and must be walked to the office at the end of a school day, where we pick him up to prevent running off and has to be released 10 minutes before school is over.
Austin is such an amazing and smart boy and due to his autism, it’s hard to see. He has a delayed in language and functions at an 4 year old level and we know that with a service dog, he will become very successful in life. We have raised 15k so far and still need 10k to go. A service dog cost 25k and that includes training for 18 months, shelter, food and dog. Austin already has a dog assigned to him and her name is Pacifica. She will be trained in pressure message (to reduce self-harming and helps him regulate his body), Pacifica will help Austin with Communication (he will need to command Pacifica on what to do), making friends (she will be going everywhere with him) and search and rescue ( if Austin ever takes off and goes missing, Pacifica will be able to find him). Pacifica still needs about a year more of training before she can come home to Austin. If you can please share or donate, that would be amazing!
If you want more information, please check out Austins service dog page on Facebook

Here is the company we are working with: http://specialtydogtraining.com/
Keep yourself updated on Austins facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1394720823883465/?multi_permalinks=1404280142927533¬if_t=group_activity¬if_id=1492710981130127
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Brawley, CA