This boy about my daughter's age kept following Hermione in the park. I was too distracted to notice him properly
Finally I noticed that Hermione kept looking at me and back at this boy. Not in a worried way. Just asking me to pay attention. I finally stopped and looked at him. He was a sweet gentle boy who was fixated on Hermione. Hermione was very still and quiet with him and he just petted her a couple times. Normally with kids especially, she wags her tail and offers to lick. His mom came up and said "he has autism." I wanted to say "I know. My dog told me." but that would have sounded rather odd.
Instead I told her about CCI and how they have dogs for kids with autism and in fact that's how I found out about CCI. Hermione did her best to interact with the boy and also keep on the leash as he stood a distance from me. I tried to talk to this mom and keep track of my kids at the same time. Only my feeling that this moment might be very important for this boy who had picked out Hermione and whom Hermione had recognized kept me there talking. Eventually I just had to go.
Later I saw them getting into their car and rushed over a CCI brochure to them. That's the day I realized I had to carry CCI brochures in my vest.
I and my human and her family marched in a parade today. My human was impressed that I didn't care about the marching band, the loud music or the big enormous drums that we watched when we were done marching. Why should I care? I'm just hanging with my family.
Here's another tough part of my job watching children. Next to me is my human male puppy and in behind me is my human's niece. They move fast. My human male puppy likes to put his feet really close to my face. He knows kicking me is bad, but he puts his feet close enough that my human, his mom, notices and he gets attention. I just lie still. I like to smell his feet and his shoes. The smells tell me all the places he's been. He gets tired of the game pretty quickly. These puppies don't have much focus.
With the baby niece, I have to be still enough so she doesn't get excited and shriek in my ear, but also not let her pull on my nose. She doesn't pull very much, but the humans get excited about it. I really love babies. They squeal with delight to see me.
