Schizophrenia Service Dog Update

[Hanna_Foxx]

My service dog in training is doing amazing. I’ve taught her how to tell if I’m hallucinating or not. I’ll ask her “Julia what is it” and point to what I’m seeing or hearing. If I’m not hallucinating and it’s real she’ll paw my leg. If it’s not real and nothing is there she doesn’t respond. This has taken a long time to train her.

Julia also knows many other things, panic attack response, crying response, repetitive behavior interruption, deep pressure therapy. I’m also fortunate to have her alert me to my heart condition when my heart rate gets too high before I pass out.

My life has changed dramatically in the last 1.5 years of having Julia, I don’t think I’d be here without her.

Here’s some picture spam of Julia on duty working. Pictures are at the aquarium, at the gym and at the mall.

[rogueone]

Very cool and sounds like a smart pup. Nice photos.

[Joker]

Lovely dog!!! You’re very lucky to have her. Hope the training goes well

My dog helps me greatly, but he’s not as well trained as that!

[LilyoftheValley]

@Hanna_Foxx, that’s wonderful! What an amazing dog! You’re so lucky! Do you go to training classes or have you done all this yourself?

[TheFountainPen]

Nice pictures. You’re lucky to have Julia in your life. May you have many happy moments together.

[bittercat]

What a beautiful and smart pup! I hope to have a dog just like her one day. Sooo expensive though:(

[Blossom]

That is really awesome! I’m glad you have Julia. She sounds smart and sounds like she’s happy to serve you.

[Om_Sadasiva]

How did you train her?

[Hanna_Foxx]

With the aid of two professional service dog trainers over the last 1.5 years