Therapy dog for Kaiden

Please help us to provide Kaiden with a therapy dog who would be his friend and confidant.

Kaiden (aged 7) is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Until his diagnosis we were dealing with the unknown as he struggled to cope with daily life. Anxiety is a huge issue for Kaiden and he finds it incredibly difficult to cope when faced with new situations and meeting new people. He finds it hard to interact with people socially and despite regular interactions with other children finds making friends incredibly difficult.

Kaiden has an affinity with animals would love nothing more than to have a dog of his own to be his special friend and companion, and to make the world a little less scary for him. We believe that having a therapy dog as a constant companion would help to reduce his anxiety and also help him to sleep better at night – Kaiden has horrendous nightmares which not only disturb his sleep, but ours as well as we are up during the night to settle him after these.

Because autism is a hidden disability, most people do not realise the toll that daily life can take on him or understand his behaviours when he becomes overloaded.

The cost to purchase a therapy natured labradoodle puppy is approximately $3,300 and early training is an additional cost of $4,500, therefore the cost is a total of $7,800.

Asking for help is an incredibly difficult thing for us to do. Because of Kaiden’s disability Elley is unable to work outside the home and is now homeschooling Kaiden. Living on only one income means that we are unable to finance a dog for Kaiden ourselves and are hoping to raise sufficient funds to purchase a suitably trained dog , insurance, vaccinations etc.

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https://www.facebook.com/kaidenstherapydog/