themooninthesky

There was a really good scene in a show recently where a fellow police officer/their friend had been murdered and the next day their Sergeant told them all "everything is going to seem trivial to you today. But remember they've had to call the police, this is them at their worst, so you need to remember to be at your best and be compassionate". I really liked that.

Fellow disabled here. From an emotional aspect, try and get him involved with other kids who have disabilities but don't isolate him from everyone else. I think the connection I had to the disabled community while still being involved in the 'regular' steam helped me growing up. I didn't feel like I was alone, and though in my school I was usually the worst at everything physical, I had another world where I was good at stuff and had it pretty good compared to others. The other advantage I think there was that I was able to be the nice cool kid in those situations, so those kids who are less physically capable had some kids just trading them like normal. I knew kids who were isolated from one of the other, and sometimes are either really naive (omg, so naive) or really down on themselves and don't like acknowledging their disability as a not bad thing.

This actually, his disability is not a bad thing. It will give him a unique perspective on the world. He will face different problems, but so many people have problems we don't know about. His happens to be visible. Which yes, it's going to suck sometimes, but with the right people around him he will not want to be any different, because it will be okay of who he is and he will like the person he is.

Encourage him to figure out new ways of doing things and tell him how he'll be a fantastic problem solver when he's older because he will be practiced at it. I don't think able bodied people think of this when they think of people with disabilities. If it works it works, who cares if it's pretty at first, he can refine his technique as he grows (:

Familial Spastic Paraplegia, it goes by other names too (hereditary instead of familial for one). My Mum has it, and they don't know how or why because to our knowledge no one else above her in the family tree has it (though they might have just been institutionalized, it would have been totally "acceptable" for her to have been in the 60s). My older brother also has it. They said 50/50 chance, my parents took two shots, and hit two for two!

We've got the type that shows up before you're 16, and isn't progressive. For all three of us it showed up at birth or within the first year (they weren't sure about my brother at first, and I'm not sure how quickly they figured it out with my Mum).

Only reason I didn't get a ton of shit was because I was with a friend who used to work at the airport, so as soon as they started asking me why I was there I said I was visiting a friend who used to work there and pointed her out. So, basically, unless you are Israeli they have to give you shit. They can't control what comes into the country, so they're going to control what they can.

I mean, she says it too. They're horrifically racist, but, they do get bombed constantly, so it's not like their fear is coming out of nowhere.

(P.S I am not defending any country/nationality here at all, just stating facts)

Not an official dog trainer, but I have a rescue who has had multiple behavioural issues that I've had to deal with (wasn't told about any of them when I got him though, they were all a wonderful surprise).

You could try some high value treats, and I mean HIGH value. Stinky cheese, bits of hot dog. Something that she will definitely want to pay attention to you for. Start of with simple, teaching heel on the walk (and/or not pulling). So once she starts to pull, or when you want her to come back, call her name/say come/heel/etc. When she pays attention to you, she gets a treat. She will hopefully pick up soon enough that checking in with you and not pulling means means "OMG AWESOME TREAT". Once she gets the hang of it, you can start lowering how often she gets a treat/change the treats to lower value over time (my guy is super food motivated, so I honestly just use kibble).

The other option you'd have to look into because I don't know when labs stop growing. Is to look into a backpack for her to weight her down a little, it'll give her a better work out. And give her something to "do". You definitely have to be careful, you slowly build up the weight, and since she is still a puppy you don't want to stunt her growth. It's also useful for carrying a travel water bowl/poop bags/extra treats/toys.