Therapy Dog Thursday - Abi and Frankie Update!

We are excited to share, on this Therapy Dog Thursday Blog, an update on our beautiful assistance dog Frankie and her special young lady Abigail.
For those new to this space, Frankie is a very specially trained assistance dog that our business and amazing Doggy Doaters and Customers helped to bring into Abi’s life, to help her live her best life, almost 3 years ago.
Abi has a very rare condition called Auts2 and life can be a bit tricky for her.  Recently she has had to visit with a number of new doctors for the different medical challenges she faces.
We are excited to share with you how amazing these doctors have been to allow Frankie to attend these appointments.  One of the key roles for Frankie is to provide Abi with a calm and reassuring touch point when things in her life are different or difficult.
As you can imagine seeing new doctors, in unfamiliar surroundings, can be difficult for many, but especially for Abi.  With Frankie by her side Abi was able to attend these appointments and by all reports (thanks Sarah – Abi’s mum) was able to work with the doctors to get them what they needed.
For many years guide dogs have really been the only service dogs allowed in medical rooms.  It’s great that now the support these amazingly well trained dogs provide is being accepted by the wider medical community.

Abi and Frankie also came to visit us when we recently attended Pets in the Park in Malvern.  While Abi loved all the dogs, there were also lots and lots of people and noise and general sensory overload.  Again, Frankie helped Abi to attend this community event, with her family, and get to see all the wonderful dogs that were there.  Frankie is an exceptional dog that, thanks in part to her training and in part to her lovely temperament, support Abi to live as normal a life as possible.  We always love hearing stories of their adventures and seeing pictures of them together – Abi is growing up very quickly.

Frankie was trained by Assistance Dogs Australia – they do a great job training all kinds of dogs for all kinds of special needs.  If you want more information or would like to support them please visit https://www.assistancedogs.org.au/