Welcome to Ryan and Sky's Blog!

Welcome to our blog. This blog was setup to follow our son's, Ryan, journey to receiving a service dog.



Ryan is 10 years old and has cerebral palsy which makes his leg muscles very tight and difficult to walk. He uses forearm crutches for short distances and an electric wheelchair for longer distances.



Tasks that are easy for a typical child such as opening a door or picking up an item off the floor can be very difficult for Ryan.



We applied for a service dog for Ryan in April 2008. He was partnered with a female black lab named Sky in August of 2011.



Please join us in our journey with Ryan and Sky!



















Tuesday, August 9, 2011

She is perfect!

Sal and I were taking Kasey and Brandy for a walk after supper and I was filling him in about today's Team Training. I kept giving him examples of things Sky and Ryan did and would say "She's so perfect for him."

Ryan's walking style is "pokey", to say the least. When Ryan was walking with Sky, Ryan would take a few steps forward and stop (his typical walking style) and then Sky would take a few steps and stop and wait. They went on and on like this both perfectly content with their walking. She did not pull or seem least bit impatient (unlike me sometimes. Lol!).

She is also so patient with Ryan. His dexterity is a little slow, but she is so patient waiting for her treat.

Ryan loves to snuggle with her on the couch and it seems like she is just as happy being up there with him. I jokingly call her a "couch puppy" - instead of a couch potato. She has the funniest way of getting off the couch - she puts her front legs down and then stretches her back legs out and sort of slides off the couch onto the floor.

Ryan is so excited about Sky. He won't stop talking about her and what he is going to do with her. He also is asking questions about how he should handle certain situations with her. On the drive home, I was ready to check out and just relax and he was talking a mile a minute about Sky and his day.

More tomorrow!

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