Raising My Little Superheroes

As well as being L's Autism Assistance Dog, Henry assists L in many other ways! Shopping trips used to be a nightmare for L – the sensor...

  While my rock has been battling and kicking goals in ICU this week, this boi has been my rock. Henry has been showing just how amazing h...

  Our expectations Just the pure companionship for L is another aspect that we were looking forward to with having Henry placed with our fam...

This past week at L's school, we've had two Smart Pups trainers at the school training teachers on how to work with Henry. While Hen...

  After Henry was placed with our family in May 2021, I began to form an idea for a book. We're often approached when we're out and ...

  Our expectations The Smart Pup would be trained to snuggle and comfort L when he becomes upset or distressed, which would help prevent L...

Having an Assistance Dog placed with our family has completely changed the way that we live – Henry has been truly life changing. But having...

  This is what decompression after school looks like .... This is a child who has no more energy that he burst into tears as soon as the car...

*** Please note that we do not receive commissions of any kind for this post. *** The week that Henry was placed in 2021, holds two reasons ...

  ☆ 365 ☆ Days ☆ 18th of May 2021. A date that is significant for our family. It's been 365 days since Henry was introduced to L and our...

This is what independence looks like ❤❤ We have before Henry and after Henry moments, and this at school drop off this morning is a huge aft...

Our expectations Once we knew that L’s Smart Pup was going to happen within the next twelve months, or thereabouts, we began to think forwar...

  Our expectations We were hoping that the Smart Pup would also assist in decreasing L’s anxiety during his daily routines, in particular ...

Our expectations L struggles with sleep and has averaged roughly 4 and a half to 5 hours sleep a night since he was the age of 4 and a half ...

Our expectations We were also hoping that the Smart Pup would be trained to touch, nudge or lay on L to disrupt repetitive or disruptive beh...

We're often asked why did we choose to apply to Smart Pups for an assistance dog for L. We had a chance meeting with a Smart Pup who was...