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A Mansfield man has said he “couldn’t get through each day” without his rescue dog.
Robin Jones, 27, adopted collie-labrador cross Charlie, from the Dogs Trust in Loughborough two years ago, and now says he can’t imagine life without his dog, who is by his side from the moment he wakes up until he goes to bed.
Mr Jones has Asperger Syndrome and he says his rescue dog, five-year-old Charlie, has made every day worth living.
He said: “Sometimes the world feels overwhelming and often I don’t have the motivation to get out of bed, so we have trained Charlie to drag the covers off me and nudge me until I get up.
“Seeing him makes me happy anyway but him removing the covers gives me no option but to get out of bed.”
Mr Jones works part-time as a service assistant at Screwfix in Mansfield, but having Asperger’s means he can find it stressful to have conversations with other people, especially strangers, and so it is often easier to choose to avoid social situations.
Read more at: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/rescue-dog-helps-man-asperger-1235212
