Nov 04 2008
A Bear In His Natural Habitat … An Aspie With Animals
My children and I love to watch muppet movies. One of our favorite lines from one of the movies is, “A bear in his natural habitat - a studabaker.” We still laugh every time we hear it.
I am convinced that an Aspie’s natural habitat is one surrounded by animals, flowers, or nature in general! When life is chaotic, we decide to make a trip to our friends farm. Out in the field surrounded by Alpacas of every color, hearing them humm, is so relaxing. You lose every care in the world.
Our son has developed a special bond with one alpaca, named Frankie. Whenever our boy visits , Frankie comes running. Frankie is deaf and they seem to have formed a very special bond. They can be seen standing in the field, Frankie sniffing our son’s hair and our son gently scratching Frankie’s back. Our son also has a favorite dog on the farm, Dutcher. Dutcher follows him around the entire time we are there, hearding him, and loves to play fetch with a stick. It is truly amazing to watch all the axieties of my son’s world disappear when we are on the farm.
He would have stayed right there in the field with Frankie if he could have. He was also ready to take a sleeping bag and live in the barn - anything to stay with his new friends.
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We have two cats who have always loved Alex, even when he was a baby. One will follow him around like a dog and play outside with him.
You don’t have to convince me of the affinity kids like Alex have with animals or that animals can be a wonderful boon to a struggling psyche.
The connection between animals and our children is truly an amazing thing.
Alex sounds like an amazing kiddo!
We are very lucky to have them in our lives.