Seeking Support from Other Service Dog Handlers

I have no idea if I count for this (I have a SDIT but progress has been slow due to disabilities) but I 100% get this. When we do succeed at things it's great but it's really hard to try to keep up with. I've had to start learning how to adjust training to my body and brain and it's tiring and feels like I'm getting nowhere some days, but it helps to look back where I started and realize that even if I haven't been able to get to where I want to be quickly I am getting somewhere, and my pup and I are getting used to each other and what works best. Some days the most I can manage is to let him wander and just kinda teach whatever he does (if that makes sense - it's definitely slow but it's been the best method so far that he gets and allows me to still do things the next day). If you wanna chat about it I wouldn't mind, I don't talk to anyone really so I don't know any other handlers/handlers in training. Uhh hope I didn't just ramble

IMO it’s always a lot of work but it’s so worth it. My girl is teeny so I feel like I’m always worrying about someone tripping on her, her getting hurt buy random things especially fake service dogs or dogs in public that haven’t been trained so it brings me a lot of anxiety but it’s so much less than without her. Training her in the beginning was so hard because she would bark, eat things and still she gets distracted by other people but the thing that makes it so much easier for me is to remember they are not robots. They are a dog doing their best to help you. They make mistakes and that doesn’t make you any less valid as a team. IMO it’s also okay to take breaks from training before they become a full fledged SD. I started her training at 7 when she started indicating at my seizures so we took lots of breaks to both kind of reset and relax from all of the demands and just do normal dog things.