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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some breeds are, generally speaking, more affectionate with people. Cavalier King Charles comes to mind. But this is really more about the individual dog’s personality. You can get very different inclinations toward physical affection with humans from two dogs from the same litter. As far as things go with your autistic daughter, you can always teach a dog(any dog, really) to come into the lap on command; a friend has a psychiatric service dog that does this (not insinuating your daughter needs a psychiatric service dog, just calling attention to the fact that you can train a dog to sit in your lap even if it isn’t something they do on their own).

I’ll add here that if you are open to rescue and not buying a puppy, they know which dogs are cuddly. If you contact Homeward Trails and tell them what you need I have no doubt they could find a cuddler for you (the foster parents know which dogs cuddle).[/quote]

That's a good idea. When we got our current dog, we intended to train her to be a "therapy dog." We got her as a puppy, and she's always been a bit anxious and not all that affectionate. I think that it didn't help that our house was extremely noisy and chaotic when the kids were young when we got her, and our daughter was unintentionally a little unpredictable - she'd sort of lunge at the puppy, cover her with a blanket trying to "cuddle," etc. Our daughter knows better now, and I think would be much better at not deterring a dogs affection. But I think we will want to start out with an affectionate breed and/or a rescue who we already know is very affectionate.

I think ours has the personality of a poodle (she is 75% poodle).  She warms up, and she likes to be "around" us, but not "on" us. She definitely goes for pets, but honestly I don't think our daughter is her absolute favorite due to her past unpredictability. She goes in her room, and definitely goes up to her and things, but if she has a choice she is on the couch next to me or my husband or on the floor next to us. Not with our daughter. Our daughter needs a faithful companion and would LOVE to have a dog who constantly wants to cuddle and lay on her or on her lap. On the rare occasion when the dog or the cat lays down on her, she is thrilled. And I didn't mention. We have a cat. That's another thing in the mix. [/quote]

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