Go away.

Robbie i heard you like german shepherds.

Uh huh

Can i come in?

Uh huh.

He walks in and sits next to robbie on his bed.

So robbie, i have some questions, there are 3, can i ask you them?

Fine..

Thanks, the first one is, how do you think a service dog will help you?

Um.. he can help me not be scared

Yes, good robbie, what else?

Um.. he can help me do things.

Very good. Next question, can you learn how to train the dog?

Yes, my brothers can help.

Very good. And the last one. Do you know how to take care of a dog?

Yes.

How?

Um.. wash it, feed it, walk it, love it and care for it.

Very good robbie, ill see when you can get your service dog, you'll know by tonight okay.

Okay, i want german shepherd.

Yes robbie ill get you one.

The doctor leaves and sometime later robbie paces in his room, he really wants a service dog but doesn't know if he will get one, he paces and paces and paces until the phone rang, jake answers.

Hello this is jake.

Hi jake its the doctor, i have some good news, i was able to fund the dog, the center has a german shepherd puppy ready to be taken home, you guys have an appointment tomorrow morning, the pup is fully trained for seizures, distracting, so if robbie was showing signs of pre meltdown the pup can distract him to not go into meltdown, they'll explain more tomorrow.

That is awesome, he will be so happy.

Alright, good luck, bye.

Bye. hey robbie!?

No yelling it hurts.

Sorry, do you want to know what the doctor said?

Yes.

Well.. were picking up a puppy tomorrow morning.

Yay! A german shepherd?

Yes. a german shepherd puppy.

Yay.

Go get some sleep so you can meet him tomorrow.

Robbie ran straight to his room and went to bed, he was excited, he put on his moms singing and prays to her.

Dear mom.. I miss you a lot, i want to see you again and i want a hug from you. Tomorrow im getting my service dog, i just wish you could meet him.

Robbie feels a gust of cold air.

Mom i miss you so much.. Amen..

Robbie bursts into tears and listens to her singing, he falls asleep to her singing. The next morning arrives and robbie gets up early and starts his routine, he kisses his moms photo.

I love you mom.

Jake helped Robbie to shower and then they head on their way, sport catches them as they're leaving.

Hey guys.

Hi sport.

Robbie bangs his hands.

Oh sorry i didn't mean to scare you robbie.

Its okay im just nervous.

Where are you going?

Im going to pick up my service dog.

Oh cool.

Y..yeah.. I guess..

Whats up?

Jake heads to the car and leaves robbie with sport for a moment because he sensed that robbie wanted to talk to sport alone.

I..im just embarrassed..

Why's that?

Well no one in this town has a service dog.. And ill look weird.

Hey you're not the only one.

Yes i am.

No youre not.

How do you know?

Ghost boy, come!

A pure white germen shepherd comes running up to sport, he has a red vest on that says no touch, working dog.

Thats yours?

Yes, he helps me because i was born with a condition that causes me to have seizures and i can pass out when i don't have enough food in my system, he helps me to remember to eat healthy and he lets me know when im going to have a seizure.

Oh, so im not going to be the only one.

Nope.

Oh..

Robbie bends down to pat him.

Robbie stop, remember hes a working dog you have to ask to pat him because i might be feeling weird and if you pat him and distract him he could miss an alert and i can be hurt.

I… i.. Im sorry

Robbie pulls his hands up and bangs them.

Robbie its okay you can pat him, you'll understand when you get yours.

Can you come?

To get your service dog?

Uh huh.

If you want me to, I can.

Yay!

Robbie pulls sport to the car and bangs his hands to stimulate his excitement.

Okay robbie calm down.

They get in the car and ghost alerts sport in the car, he alerted for high heart rate and started to do DPT (deep pressure therapy)

What is he doing?

Hes trying to calm me.

Why?

He alerted for high heart rate so hes doing something called DPT which stands for deep pressure therapy, hes calming my heart down by giving me pressure and it helps.

Oh.. okay.

They arrive at the place to get the service dog.

Hey robbie.

Yes jake?

You have to bring your headphones in its going to be loud.

Okay.

They all leave the car, ghost walks closely to sport and looks at him while walking to make sure hes doing his job of making sure sport is okay.

Jake and glanni head towards the door and robbie is so interested in ghost and stays close to sport.

Robbie..

What?

You're in my bubble.

What bubble? I dont see a bubble.

No Rob, I meant my personal space bubble.

Oh..

Robbie moves away and puts his headphones on, and follows his brothers into the place, it was loud because the dogs were barking and there were sounds of dog bowls clanking and moving along the ground.

Hello can i help you, says a receptionist.

Hi, we have an appointment for our brother Robbie, or the doctor might have put it under robert.

Oh yes, for a service dog specifically german shepherd right?

Yes, he's obsessed with german shepherds, okay follow me.

The brothers follow and sport and ghost behind, they get to a room, robbie sits on the floor and the receptionist turns to jake and glanni.

On the notes for robbie it says his has autism, will he get overwhelmed if I release all the dogs?

Yes he could, try one at a time slowly introduce the dogs, he will speak up if hes uncomfortable or overwhelmed.

Oh okay no worries.

The lady lets in a couple dogs at a time and they sniff robbie and kinda ignore him, a few more are let in and they do the same thing, sniff then ignore, except for one little puppy, its a purebred german sheppard but he has a big heart spot on his head.

I want that one.

Robbie pointed and the puppy lies on him and robbie stims.

Okay rob i guess we're getting that one.

The lady packs up the puppys things.

Hey robbie what colour vest do you want for your puppy? We have blue, purple, green or red.

I want purple.

Okay here you go, i have included some patches, some say my owner has autism please be patient, and in training patches, you can buy more online if you want them but these are starters for you.

Robbie takes them and looks down at the puppy.

Rob what do you say?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Robbie sits in the car with the puppy and pats it and excitedly stims.