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My son had a breakthrough this morning ... thanks to our bassets ...
My eldest son was diagnosed with autism - one of his issues was with affection ... or rather bestowing affection on others.
He didn't mind if I wanted to hug him, and wouldn't pull away - but he would stay stiff - and I always had to initiate the contact.
Well a couple of years ago his pediatrician and his psychologist suggested we get a pet - namely a dog ... (some of you have heard parts of this story before) ...
We -did- have a dog before but I had been diagnosed with cancer and was in and out of the hospital with surgeries and treatments, etc and while I was able to get help with the children no one had been able (or willing) to take a rather large dog (chow shepperd cross) into their home on a temporary basis. ....
I ended up having to find a different 'forever home' for my fur-baby (which broke my heart at the time but I honestly had no other choices ... even my two-legger babies were under threat of being placed in foster homes because I was single at the time and didn't have any family near by to help me.
Anyhow to make a long story a bit shorter ... I survived (in remission) and wsa not thinking of getting another pet - especially a dog (I was still hurting over having to give up my Kodiak Bear) ... but I would do anything for my son ... since BOTH his doctors were suggesting taking another dog into our home I was considering it.
To make this story just a little bit shorter, circumstances and situations occured which resulted in our family being the recipients of not one but TWO basset babies.
(I had personally never thought I would own bassets ... but here we were).
So anyway I brought those bassets home just over a year ago now (well a year and a half).
And as some of you know it's been a rough year for my little family - BUT ... this morning something happened to brighten my day and re-affirm that everything's going to be okay ...
My son (the one that was diagnosed with autism) was sitting on the floor this morning watching the hounds run around him and play. (He does this often and likes it when sometimes they crawl into his lap ... again they initiate the contact).
Well ... he got this really thoughtful look on his face and gently reached out and pulled Mocha on to his lap and he wrapped his arms around her and layed his head on her back ... and he got the sweetest little smile on his face.
Then he let her go and scooted over next to Beldin and did the same thing ...
After he let them go he sighed this really big happy sounding sigh and looked at me and said, "Mommy ... Bassets are perfect - they're just the size of a hug."
And then he walked over to me and hugged me! And it wasn't a stiff hug, he melted right into it. Then kissed me on my cheek like it was the most natural thing in the world and went off to go play with lego in his room.
Thank you for letting me share.
My eldest son was diagnosed with autism - one of his issues was with affection ... or rather bestowing affection on others.
He didn't mind if I wanted to hug him, and wouldn't pull away - but he would stay stiff - and I always had to initiate the contact.
Well a couple of years ago his pediatrician and his psychologist suggested we get a pet - namely a dog ... (some of you have heard parts of this story before) ...
We -did- have a dog before but I had been diagnosed with cancer and was in and out of the hospital with surgeries and treatments, etc and while I was able to get help with the children no one had been able (or willing) to take a rather large dog (chow shepperd cross) into their home on a temporary basis. ....
I ended up having to find a different 'forever home' for my fur-baby (which broke my heart at the time but I honestly had no other choices ... even my two-legger babies were under threat of being placed in foster homes because I was single at the time and didn't have any family near by to help me.
Anyhow to make a long story a bit shorter ... I survived (in remission) and wsa not thinking of getting another pet - especially a dog (I was still hurting over having to give up my Kodiak Bear) ... but I would do anything for my son ... since BOTH his doctors were suggesting taking another dog into our home I was considering it.
To make this story just a little bit shorter, circumstances and situations occured which resulted in our family being the recipients of not one but TWO basset babies.
(I had personally never thought I would own bassets ... but here we were).
So anyway I brought those bassets home just over a year ago now (well a year and a half).
And as some of you know it's been a rough year for my little family - BUT ... this morning something happened to brighten my day and re-affirm that everything's going to be okay ...
My son (the one that was diagnosed with autism) was sitting on the floor this morning watching the hounds run around him and play. (He does this often and likes it when sometimes they crawl into his lap ... again they initiate the contact).
Well ... he got this really thoughtful look on his face and gently reached out and pulled Mocha on to his lap and he wrapped his arms around her and layed his head on her back ... and he got the sweetest little smile on his face.
Then he let her go and scooted over next to Beldin and did the same thing ...
After he let them go he sighed this really big happy sounding sigh and looked at me and said, "Mommy ... Bassets are perfect - they're just the size of a hug."
And then he walked over to me and hugged me! And it wasn't a stiff hug, he melted right into it. Then kissed me on my cheek like it was the most natural thing in the world and went off to go play with lego in his room.
Thank you for letting me share.
