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  1. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Four to Six Months
  2. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Two to Four Months
  3. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Birth to Two Months
  4. Myth #5: Autism Assistance Dog Placements have Nothing to do with John Q Public
  5. Myth #4: There are no Scientific Studies to Support Autism Assistance Dog Placements
  6. Myth #3: The Biggest Danger from an Autism Assistance Dog is the Hit to the Pocketbook
  7. Myth #1: Autism Assistance Dog Placements for Children can be Created Safely and Effectively Using Rescue Dogs
  8. Myth #2: Training is the Key to Success with Autism Assistance Dogs for Children

Recent Entries

  1. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Four to Six Months
  2. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Two to Four Months
  3. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Birth to Two Months
  4. Myth #5: Autism Assistance Dog Placements have Nothing to do with John Q Public
  5. Myth #4: There are no Scientific Studies to Support Autism Assistance Dog Placements
  6. Myth #3: The Biggest Danger from an Autism Assistance Dog is the Hit to the Pocketbook
  7. Myth #1: Autism Assistance Dog Placements for Children can be Created Safely and Effectively Using Rescue Dogs
  8. Myth #2: Training is the Key to Success with Autism Assistance Dogs for Children

  1. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Four to Six Months

    Entry #73
    Patty Dobbs Gross
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    'Jack and North Star's Nardi' Kumari’s puppies are now six months old! This tender age typically marks the beginning of adolescence with dogs, a time when commands formerly obeyed with enthusiastic puppy charm are sometimes resisted as older pups learn to think for themselves; a pup that may …

  2. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Two to Four Months

    Entry #68
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    Kumari’s puppies are now four months old, and from this lovely litter of seven golden retriever puppies, three females have been selected to be kept back for North Star’s evolving breeding and therapy programs, with the remaining four male pups assigned to children who are on the autism …

  3. Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Birth to Two Months

    Entry #60
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross North Star Kumari delivered seven healthy puppies on October 4th, 2012. Four of these puppies will be serving children on the autism spectrum as autism assistance dogs; the remaining three will be kept back to be evaluated for breeding to continue this quality line. North …

  4. Myth #5: Autism Assistance Dog Placements have Nothing to do with John Q Public

    Entry #55
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross 'North Star's Hero with his boy Joel at Disneyland.' We should take a moment here to first review the various therapeutic roles that a dog can play in a child with autism’s life to help them to reach their social, emotional and educational goals, as only then can we …

  5. Myth #4: There are no Scientific Studies to Support Autism Assistance Dog Placements

    Entry #51
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross The years tell us much of what the days never know. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Aaron and North Star's Bingo meeting for the very first time.' Anecdotally speaking, we have known that a dog can be a valuable therapeutic tool since Jingles did his thing with a progressive …

  6. Myth #3: The Biggest Danger from an Autism Assistance Dog is the Hit to the Pocketbook

    Entry #49
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross 'Danny & Madison' Of the top five myths about autism assistance dogs that I will cover in this column, this myth is by far the most dangerous. If you partially believe in this emerging field, at least enough to attempt to create an autism assistance dog partnership with a child …

  7. Myth #1: Autism Assistance Dog Placements for Children can be Created Safely and Effectively Using Rescue Dogs

    Entry #27
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~ Lucretius 'Marques and North Star's Boots' Rescuing a child as well as a dog can be a compelling misconception when creating an assistance dog placement for a child on the autism …

  8. Myth #2: Training is the Key to Success with Autism Assistance Dogs for Children

    Entry #26
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    by Patty Dobbs Gross I get by with a little help from my friends. ~ John Lennon 'David and North Star's Lego' One of the biggest misunderstandings about the emerging field of autism assistance dogs is that it is all about the training of the dog to be partnered with the child on the spectrum, …

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