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Train Otto the SDiT

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Hey friends! I have some pretty serious mental health issues that will require treatment for the rest of my life - even so, there are things that treatment alone cannot help me manage. I struggle with everyday life due to my disability, and I need Otto, my service dog in training, to be a full service dog. He's started learning tasks at home, like anxiety alerts and getting me up in the morning when I sleep through alarms because of my medication. However, we need the help of a trainer, particularly for public access. We might train for a total of an hour or two every day, but I just don't have the tools to get him to the point he needs to be at for most public access. I also will need help with some of his tasks. No matter what, it's a long way out before he can be a full service dog, but I don't want him to wash out of training because I did something I just didn't know about.
He'll also need gear, like a dog pack with important information and stuff necessary to Otto's wellbeing, or dog boots to protect his feet from extreme weather. That gear is expensive.
Please help any way you can, even if it's just sharing. He's already making my quality of life so much better. I raised him from a small five pound pup to now and him being a service dog for me would immensely improve my quality of life, as he has done since I got him. I'm not able to function as well. He just started learning anxiety alerts a month and a half ago and has already alerted to anxiety multiple times, which helped me avoid panic attacks. While we've been successful in his training so far, there are things that I need a trainer for. Please, please help us on this journey, whether it's donating or sharing. It means so much to me and Otto.

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Autumn Griego
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Carrboro, NC

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