Raising My Little Superheroes
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I am a Mum, a therapist, an educator, a counsellor, a referee, an advocate, a chauffeur, a dietitian. I have many roles! But first and foremost, I am Jenni! I'm a mumble mumble something year old Mum of two beautiful amazing children, who just happen to have been diagnosed with Autism, who make me proud to be their Mumma every single day. These two little superheroes keep me going. Every..
Raising My Little Superheroes
3M ago
Christmas Countdown with Alaska and Henry!
In the lead up to Christmas, we participated in the daily prompts that In Paws We Trust were posting.
#teamhenry #henrythehero #teamalaska #autismassistancedogs #assistancedogsaustralia #labradorsofinstagram #assistancedogs #dogsofinstagram #workingdogsofaustralia #assistancedogawareness #workingdogsbooks #assistancedogsofinstagram #educatingfamilies #inspireyoungminds #inspiringyoungminds #readgrowinspire #childrensliteracy ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
5M ago
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Books, books and more books! Yet another paw-some book landed on our doorstep during the week. A book about a different type of working dog!
The Helpie Kelpie and the tool thief is written by yet another Australian author, Alicia Case.
Inca, the Helpie Kelpie and the star of the book, is a rescue Kelpie who goes to work with her Dad on construction sites. As the title suggests, there's a tool thief and Inca is in the right place at the right time.
So what a ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
6M ago
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Books! Did you know that we love books??? Well, we do and we've added another book to our collection of working dog books.
The Puppy Adventures of Porter and Midge, is written by Jennie Chen and Giselle Nevada.
While the book isn't about working dogs as such, it gives readers a brilliant introduction to the socialisation of young puppies. The book teaches children how to interact with a puppy, as well as many other important skills both for the puppy and f ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
7M ago
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There's always excitement in our house when we receive a package, especially when it contains a book! You can never have too many books, right? Well we've added another book to our collection of working dog books.
Superheroes with Paws, is written by the wonderful Jessica Ten Vaanholt from over Childrens Stories by Jessica. Jess is yet another home grown Australian author.
Jessica wrote the story after she was approved to receive her own Assistance Dog. Work ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
7M ago
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If you haven't realised by now, we love books! You can never have too many books, right?
Earlier this year, I self published a book about Henry and it was after the publication that I realised just how few books there really are that focus on Assistance Dogs. So I am now on a mission to collect as many different books about Assistance Dogs. As you can see from the above photo, our collection is quite small at the moment but we will be adding to it ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
8M ago
I am going to preface this with a trigger warning. What I have written may trigger those who have been diagnosed with CPTSD, PTSD or depression. It may trigger others who aren't yet aware that they have one of the above. If you feel that talking or reading about PTSD will trigger you, please stop reading now. If you are triggered by reading this, please reach out.
Please know that I see you, I hear you, I am you.
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Several weeks ago, the Queensland Police Service lost a sister in Blue. Yet another live lost. The Queensland Police as a whole are hurting.
They say tha ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
9M ago
Bee is my mini-me. She always has been and most likely, always will be my mini me.
During Bee’s ASD assessment, it honestly felt as though I was discussing my own struggles. I was a very anxious child, teenager, young adult – you get the picture, and at that point I was still on happy pills to settle my own anxiety and ability to completely overthink everything!
I was bullied as a child and teenager because I wasn’t like my peers. I always desperately wanted to fit in but simply couldn’t and didn’t know how. I can remember that I used to study my peers social interactions, how they ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
10M ago
☆ Two years of Henry ☆
It really doesn't feel like two years ago that Henry joined our family. It honestly feels like he's been here forever!
This amazing boy has changed L's life and has helped him out in so many ways ❤️
From developing L's emotional regulation skills, to helping L communicate when he's overwhelmed, to his very deep pressure laps and overs, disrupting behaviours and everything in between.
We still have before Henry and after Henry moments, and the after Henry moments far exceed our expectations of just how a task specific trained assistance dog would help L ..read more
Raising My Little Superheroes
10M ago
This was in my memories from 2017. How amazing that 6 years later, we have Henry for L.
Our old pup Ruby always instinctively knew how to help both kids, without any task specific training.
I'd completely forgotten about this interaction at cubs with the assistance when we lived in Perth.
Six years on, and Henry has made such a huge positive impact on L ❤️
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Raising My Little Superheroes
10M ago
"Oh they're service dogs. That's so sad, they can't interact with anyone..."
Yes, that was said to my hoomans this morning. Twice. And my mum who is usually very polite, couldn't help herself but respond to them!
It is true, as a working dog (not a service dog, as in Australia that term applies to police and other emergency service, as well as defence force dogs,) we're not supposed to interact with other animals or hoomans when we're working. We have to stay focused on our hoomans so that we can alert to changes that we detect and task.
But when we're out of coat, we do interact with others ..read more