How One Tender Loving Canine Transforms Her Boy's Family
While mulling over how best to describe what Poppy has done for our son, I realized Poppy's presence has brought bright new hope and peace to our entire family.
Our Scott was a healthy 5½ year old boy who suddenly regressed into extreme anxiety and depression that worsened to the point that Scott became suicidal. The doctors diagnoses were Asperger's and Clinical Depression, terms which only begin to describe the difficulties we endured each day.
TLCAD Partners with TERI, Inc.
How TLCAD Uses "Magic" to Reach Several Lives at TERI, Inc.
TLCAD has partnered with TERI, Inc., the Training, Education & Research Institute for children and adults with developmental and learning disabilities, in their effort to change the lives of many individuals on the autism spectrum and serving children and adults for a lifespan. TLCAD will be part of their Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality in San Marcos with a training center by this summer. The placement in progress of a young dog named Magic, a Labradoodle, with a teaching specialist at their Learning Academy in Oceanside, California will open the doors in the learning process of many of its students.
New TLCAD At Ease Service Dog Program
TLCAD initiated its At Ease Service Dog program at Camp Pendleton in January of 2011 and has placed three Service Dogs with Wounded Warriors with a fourth dog dog due to be placed in the next few months. Placing a Service Dog with a Wounded Warrior requires individual evaluation since the common diagnoses for those injured in combat are mobility issues, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
"Mully, with me!"
How a Dog Makes the Transition from Boy to Man Possible
“Mully, with me!” Twelve year old, Wesley Metcalfe, has just come home from school and is now taking his new best friend, Mully – aka, The Mullet, The Mull, Muldoon – swimming. 
Mully is a mid-size yellow lab and his new owner, Wesley, has high functioning autism. They have been waiting a long time for one another.
Let Me Tell You About Two Best Friends...
The Bond Between a Boy & His Dog
Riley, an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, and Libby, a three-year-old Golden Retriever, were matched as a team in August of 2008. At the time, Riley was in a wheelchair and only mildly interested in dogs. After many early morning walks and numerous outings together, the bond between a boy and his dog began to build.
San Diego County's Very Own Little Miss Muffet
Solana Beach Non-Profit Pairs Service Dogs & Children with Autism
Everyone knows the tale of Little Miss Muffet…well there is a real life Little Miss Muffet and there are no spiders that could ever scare away this one. Little Miss Muffet is an Autism Service Dog trained by Tender Loving Canines Assistance Dogs, Inc. of Solana Beach. Upon the launch of the Leash-on-Life Program, the Autism Service Dog branch of the non-profit volunteer-run organization, Little Miss Muffet played the vital role as the first ever TLCAD trained Autism Service Dog.
