A Life Unleashed Success Story
Siri the Service Dog for the Assist
Client Submission on 01/09/2024
Siri is my Service Dog. She has changed my life and recently I feel that she is saving it. Because she was trained by My Life Unleashed, this business did too. Yes, my wife owns this business, so my review is biased. Nevertheless, it would take a lifetime of bias to sufficiently affect the number of stars I am giving here. You see, if I could, I would give 5 times as many stars. Siri is my star. She lights my path in the dark. Knowing she is there enables me to navigate life in private and in public spaces in ways I would not be able to anymore. Unfortunately I am dealing with disabilities on multiple fronts. Fortunately, Siri is a multi-purpose service dog. She does psychiatric, autism, and medical alert and response tasks. She has been with me for a few months now and I am lucky to have her. I am neurodivergent. I struggle with social interactions, walking or being in crowded spaces, and with overstimulation in public places. I also suffer from chronic pain and have a seizure disorder. Recently, I am also dealing with more severe mental health issues. Siri helps me with all of that and more. I am able because of her. This year, Siri has helped get through days in amusement parks, which would otherwise be quite the opposite of amusing to me. This summer, I also attended a work function with thousands of teachers. She works everyday and is reliable each day.
She is happy to work and do so well in spite of me. Her training is impeccable and state of the art. I have seen my wife train dogs for almost a decade now. She has done it for longer, but I have witnessed first hand for that long and thought I knew what she can do. However, I never knew a dog could be this well trained and useful until Siri started helping me recently. I struggle to be a good handler. Lisa helped me with that too. The fact that Lisa has experience as both a trainer and mental health provider makes her uniquely qualified to work with people in my situation. I am very lucky to have her as a wife. Raise that to the unleashed power of having her as a trainer and I am the luckiest man alive. While conflicts of interest prevent her from also being my therapist, I would hire her if I could! For sure, I cannot think of another no another person I would rather have my service dog trained by. The best testament of Lisa as a trainer are the results you see in her clients and the dogs that serve them. If you ever get to meet Siri, you will see what I am talking about. Just SIRIously the best service one could hope for.