4Paws 4Curtis

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving... I want to worn you that I am really tired so forgive me if I have many type O's in this post. 

Okay for those of you that don't know by now Cadbury is going to school with Curtis... Cadbury started 4 weeks ago and has been doing great everyday. It has been challenging or him because of where he is and who is around. He loves kids so when 10 kids come running up to him not asking him if he can be petted he gets all excited which is to be expected. I have been letting kids outside off Curtis's class pet him but am thinking I am going to change that, I think I will let 1 pet him at a time but only out at recess and or somewhere else in the school when he is not needing to work. Cadbury loves to work but he also loves kids and at this time he works and loves for Curtis.  

The kids in Curtis's class loves Cadbury they look forward to seeing him, there are only 7 kids in Curtis's class which by the way all of them are boys. Cadbury has helped them all so far with the exception of Curtis. Curtis had a bad meltdown a couple of weeks ago and when Cadbury was trying to calm Curtis Curtis kicked him in the head. Curtis didn't mean to nor did he realize he did it and if I didn't make Cadbury move he may have been able to succeed at calming Curtis but I didn't want to take a chance off Cadbury getting hurt. The kick wasn't hard didn't hurt him so Cadbury is okay. When Curtis finally calmed down after about 1/2 hr then he loved up to Cadbury which Cadbury got him out off the meltdown the rest of the way. I say the rest of the way because even when I said the meltdown finally over meaning he is now talking and has calmed down but very touchy and can get back into the meltdown again very quickly. Anyway Cadbury was laying on the floor in the classroom and Curtis went over there and laid with him then in a minute Cadbury got up and stood over Curtis and was licking him on the face and neck and wouldn't you know it Curtis was laughing and talking with Cadbury. It was so good to see that because I knew that Cadbury wasn't going to hold the kick against Curtis and that they were still buddies.  I asked Curtis later that night why he kicked Cadbury and he said he didn't. He did not remember kicking him which is not surprising because in a meltdown they don't remember what they did or said. He felt so bad he loved on Cadbury the rest of the night. 

Here a couple of weeks ago Cadbury and Curtis were in the the Paper The Oregonian which is state wide. It was about Cadbury attending school with Curtis and how he has been a joy in the classroom. We are hoping that Curtis and Cadbury's story will help another local family by putting the pressure on the child's school district to allow his dog attend school. They have been fighting the district (different district then ours) or 2 yrs and have the ADA and Department off Justice working on it which by the way the DOJ is taking their own sweet time. So I hope something or someone (the school district) will give soon and let the boys dog attend school with him. 

So not only was Curtis in the paper he was on the Front page of the paper. I have attached a link to the story. 

javascript:mox();  <- this is the link to Curtis and Cadbury's story

javascript:mox();  <- this is the link to the other families story

I am sure Cadbury is going to keep up the good job I have no doubt. 

Have a wonderful week.