I have no idea. Ive never heard him say anything about emotional regulation, only elopement. But it certainly wouldnt surprise me if he had numerous stories!
Ok, this is old, but at the about the 4:00 mark, he says Abbie never needed a therapy dog, he was for elopement...and hes now retired.
This was easier than sifting through the past few months of vlogs lol.
Yea, Asa changed so many stories on the service dog (the first company and then the second), that who only knows what the actual truth is…
I also couldn’t see emotional regulation even being a skill that Maverick could be trained in, for Abbie. Abbie rarely would even get close to Maverick, so how would he even get to her, to allow to be petted (also, any dog can almost be trained in that). When you are talking emotional regulation, it is usually to keep the person save, by distracting and blocking the ability for them to hurt themselves. I could maybe see them trying to get Maverick to block Abbie from biting herself but again, it has to be worked on and Abbie has to be receptive to the help. Just like the eloping. Maverick isn’t going to be able to stop it completely, if the other person isn’t receptive to stop. Kids on the spectrum, even 30lbs, can have huge Hulk strength and drag a 60lb dog down the street.
Personally, I was totally pissed off! We have been needing a service dog for 2 of our kids (per our doctors). We tried the prison camp route and it went really bad (organization failed to tell us dog never lived in a house, around kids, and failed diabetes school because it wrecked the diabetes trainers house) and we had to turn the dog back in. We have tried other organizations and been told a $15-25k donation is required to get one and we don’t know a lot of people or companies willing to donate even a portion of funds. GoFundMe’s don’t go far either. I don’t see how some can get funded in 2-3 days.