Autistic Boy Falls in love with his new Rescue Dog

A family decided to adopt a rescue pittie. Xena was dumped in someone’s backyard. The family wasn’t sure about adopting a pitbull, but they decided to give her a chance.

When they got her home, she immediately became friends with their 8 year old autistic son, Jonny. Jonny and Xena immediately became inseparable. The dog is patient and kind with the young boy. Jonny has a new level of comfort with Xena by his side, and is now talking. Xena has been the best therapy dog Johnny could ever have.

Watch this adorable video below.

Kristen Harrison-Oneal
Kristen Oneal is a freelance reporter and stay-at-home mom with experience writing her local chamber of commerce's monthly newsletter. She covers Philadelphia news and occasionally dabbles in human interest stories for Shore News Network.

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