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We went out to dinner up here in Cashiers, NC and sat outside with Logan. It was crowded, there were kids playing cornhole, plenty of dogs around, and every table was taken.
As we sat a while and Logan had received quite a few compliments and greetings, a young boy (probably about 10 years old) came up and asked if he could pet Logan. He also asked if Logan would bite him. The more the boy hung out, the more I realized he may be autistic. I’m not sure, but something was going on. He was communicative a little, but seemed to not be responsive to responses or input as if he were in his own space.
While he stood there petting Logan, he touched near Logan’s eyes (I was watching out to make sure he was gentle) interested in the hairs growing above Logan’s eyes that are so long. He also flipped Logan’s ears over (gently) and was touching his ear canals telling me Logan’s ears were just like his. He asked if he could touch Logan’s teeth and I showed him Logan’s teeth and he touched his lower front teeth. He asked repeatedly if he could feed Logan and was taking our bread he dipped in our marinara (haha) and hanging it over Logan’s face. I told him Logan couldn’t eat table food, told Logan ”not yours”, and Logan was holding his own since we had just been practicing in class today him not going for dangling ham 😅.
The little boy was getting Logan to “shake” and must have asked 10 times if Logan would bite him. He hung out around 20 minutes. His mom told him repeatedly he always had to ask before petting a dog. He asked again if Logan would bite him and I told him Logan would not, but to always ask like his mom said. He asked me if I could put my hands in Logan’s mouth and I showed him I could put my hand in Logan’s mouth because I brushed his teeth every night. He asked if he could try, but never got quite brave enough to do that.
Anyway, I’m so proud of Logan. The boy was really touching him so much and around his head (gentle or I would have stopped him) and Logan was such a champ holding his sit and letting the boy do all of that.
I hope eventually I can see if Logan can visit children in some capacity for volunteer work. He’s so good with them.
That’s all of my mom/dog bragging. Lol
As we sat a while and Logan had received quite a few compliments and greetings, a young boy (probably about 10 years old) came up and asked if he could pet Logan. He also asked if Logan would bite him. The more the boy hung out, the more I realized he may be autistic. I’m not sure, but something was going on. He was communicative a little, but seemed to not be responsive to responses or input as if he were in his own space.
While he stood there petting Logan, he touched near Logan’s eyes (I was watching out to make sure he was gentle) interested in the hairs growing above Logan’s eyes that are so long. He also flipped Logan’s ears over (gently) and was touching his ear canals telling me Logan’s ears were just like his. He asked if he could touch Logan’s teeth and I showed him Logan’s teeth and he touched his lower front teeth. He asked repeatedly if he could feed Logan and was taking our bread he dipped in our marinara (haha) and hanging it over Logan’s face. I told him Logan couldn’t eat table food, told Logan ”not yours”, and Logan was holding his own since we had just been practicing in class today him not going for dangling ham 😅.
The little boy was getting Logan to “shake” and must have asked 10 times if Logan would bite him. He hung out around 20 minutes. His mom told him repeatedly he always had to ask before petting a dog. He asked again if Logan would bite him and I told him Logan would not, but to always ask like his mom said. He asked me if I could put my hands in Logan’s mouth and I showed him I could put my hand in Logan’s mouth because I brushed his teeth every night. He asked if he could try, but never got quite brave enough to do that.
Anyway, I’m so proud of Logan. The boy was really touching him so much and around his head (gentle or I would have stopped him) and Logan was such a champ holding his sit and letting the boy do all of that.
I hope eventually I can see if Logan can visit children in some capacity for volunteer work. He’s so good with them.
That’s all of my mom/dog bragging. Lol
I'm curious: do you have any children living with you? If not, how did you get Logan so agreeable to children fidgeting with him?
