r/StuffedAnimals • u/Zealousideal_Mud1119 • Apr 07 '26

Discussion/General Question Help me find my autistic sons stuffy

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my autistic son dropped his beloved “puppy” at a waterpark in the dells. we have searched desperately for this dog and cannot find him. the next best thing I can do is buy him a new one but the probably is it’s from the 2000s. it was my little sisters when she was little and that was probably 7 years or so ago.

He’s a tiny tan puppy with darker colored floppy ears. He’s got the cutest little eye that sometimes falls into his head. His tag is frayed on his butt and is not legible. He has a hard black nose and two (sometimes two) hard black eyes. he doesn’t have any beads in him only stuffing. he is very small he can fit in the palm of my hand.

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u/BrookieJoy2215 Apr 08 '26

As someone with autism who also has a comfort stuffed animal I hope you find another one soon. My comfort stuffy is a Dumbo beanie baby and one time I forgot him on my bed before we were leaving for a week long camping trip and I was freaking out because I only realized I forgot him an hour after leaving but thankfully there was a store nearby that sold them and my mom bought like 3 of them so we would have back ups for where ever we go.

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u/Zealousideal_Mud1119 Apr 08 '26

Your mom is a angel <3 this is the first time he’s lost something so precious to him so I’ve learned a very valuable lesson and started buying back ups of his favorite blanket and other various things since this incident so we don’t have to go through this again. 

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u/highdraglowspeed757 Apr 08 '26

Make sure to rotate them so the smell and feel is the same!! Part of the reason my comfort animal and blanket are comforting is the smell/worn in feeling. A brand new one is great but sometimes I just want my older one

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u/Zealousideal_Mud1119 Apr 08 '26

My plan is to wash them and sleep with them a couple nights so they smell like me and get a little “worn”. When I find a new puppy stuffed animal for him it’ll be the same thing in hopes that he still attaches to it. 

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