A bud day.
So i have three amazing and very different dogs. Each dog has there own and unique personality and not so much as my cocker spaniel buddy.
We got buddy when he was just over a year old, he had been living with our breeder after he was left with her as previous owners said he was to naughty. He was used as her stud dog and lived in her kennels. The first night we got buddy was an experience to say the least, he walked straight through the xmas tree and came out the other side covered in lights and baubles. He also decided he was sleeping outside no matter what.
So after a few weeks and a kennel for when he decided he wanted to sleep outside, i began to notice some very clear but confusing symptoms that buddy had. On a routine visit to our local vet for one of our other animals,and a conversation about our new spaniel, i mentioned that if bud was one of my clients i would ask for an assessment for autism. To my surprise the vet booked us in to see the practice behaviourist who confimed my concerns and dianosed but with Autism.
So for the last 10yrs we deal with buddy’s ways of doing things and his need to do stuff in his way and his way only. He must have his tv on in the kitchen on his favourite childrens channel and has certain times in the day when he wants to sit on ur lap and watch it. If he doesnt get this he will poke u and prod you untill you give in either that or he destroys something. He also has to have a certain cupboard door left open in the kitchen, he never takes anything out but the door must be open, if i shut it he will just go and open it again. All these things mean that we get through the day with little or no tantrums from the 17kg brown spaniel that is our bud.
He still makes me smile every day and really does have most of the traits that i have seen day in day out with my autistic clients. His main problem is he cannot deal with change. Now this could be as simple as moving furniture around or having friends in the house. Currently my husband is away and buddy has already been acting up. He has been found hiding in the bath, sleeping next to his tv on the computer desk and on top of the coffee table in the living room. When he is in these types of mood we have found it is best to let him find his safe place and then he calms down. So currently as iam writing this he has his two fav toys, a duck and a giraffe and he is sitting in the bath having a snooze, with his tv on his fav channel. The little blue house is in peace for the minute anyway.
All about the ride that is my life.
I welcome you to the little blue house and the ride that is my life. I am a wife, mummy ( to many animals), and designer and owner of my own jewellery company. I have pink and purple hair and many tattoos. I love clothes and accessories that make me smile and are a little different from the norm. I am a huge collector of anything sanrio and Hello kitty, i also love plush toys and doodle everyday so i can keep a memento of my life.
With all the fun that my life encompasses there is a side that uncomfortably brings a cloud above my house on some days. I have a number of chronic illnesses that test me most days, these being Hyper mobility, lupus, fibromyalgia and crohn’s disease. I do however try to smile everyday even if that day puts me in bed or in my wheelchair because im not going to live as a slave to my illnesses.
