Author: spinningincircles

It’s only taken a week. BFF’s. My heart is bursting 💓

This absolutely would not have happened a week ago. Our attachment session at Middlebrook retail park yesterday afternoon. Somewhere I’ve never been able to get Franklin out of the car. A busy shopping environment, next to roads with cars passing, …

Franklin struggled when Thunda first arrived yesterday morning with my Instructor. He was in meltdown mode and it was stressful to say the least. He rocked and cried for a long time but after a couple of hours, he started …

What a week it has been!  My first week of training with Thunda has been incredible. I’m learning about training methods, behaviours, commands and how and when to deliver them, lead work, grooming and health.  I am in love already 🐶 and …

Repetitive, purposeless behaviours are a common symptom of autism. For Franklin they are heightened when he is stressed or anxious.  Since starting back at school and having to cope with that enormous change, his physical repetitive behaviours are off the scale. …

Uniform on and ready for his hour school visit. I’m not sure he fully understands where he is going just yet but maybe that’s a blessing, I’m nervous enough for the both of us! 😬 A brief visit today to …

Franklin’s haircutting experience has been traumatic, to put it mildly, for all parties concerned. He has never coped at all well in any new environment, new situations, or where he isn’t 100% comfortable. He is highly sensitive to it, to …

We have just had the amazing news that I can go ahead with my final 2 weeks of training starting on 21st September, with Thunda moving in with us beginning of October! ⁣ ⁣ Covid has presented so many difficult …

Rocking is Franklin’s preferred method of stimming when he is trying to reduce anxiety and calm himself. This is certainly the case when he is trying to adapt to an unfamiliar environment, like our current holiday. It’s a coping mechanism, …

6 1/2 years, but my god it was worth the wait! I can’t even begin to describe the feeling of hearing him say ‘mama’ for the first time. I was flooded with every emotion. For so many years I’ve wondered if …