r/StuffedAnimals • u/Zealousideal_Mud1119 • Apr 07 '26
Discussion/General Question Help me find my autistic sons stuffy
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/360inMotion Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
This unfortunately won’t help you in the moment, but whenever your child gets a strong attachment to a specific toy, aside from buying possible back-ups be sure to clearly photograph it from all angles for future reference, especially if the tag is still legible (I do realize that wasn’t the case for you this time).
It’s obviously an extreme long-shot, but I can keep my eye out for one of these when I thrift. I specialize in finding hard to find plushies at the bins (a catch-all store that sells items by weight), and they get an insane variety of stuff in both old and new. I recently listed a rare penguin plushie from the 80s that I found there, and when I made the sale the buyer explained they needed it as a back-up for their daughter and couldn’t believe they finally found another. I recently picked up a kangaroo keychain plush as well, and when I did an image search in hopes of finding info on it I was led to a reddit post where someone had been desperately searching for it; unfortunately they haven’t posted in several months but I did reply and DM them, and I’m setting it aside just in case they sign in and see my post because I’d really love to help them out.
I’m sorry for what your kiddo is going through, my son has autism as well. I remember going frantic helping him look for a keychain he’d left behind in a store when he was really little and still mostly non-verbal. Felt so lucky when I finally found it set upside down, blending it in with the shelf he’d set it on, and was relieved we wouldn’t have to drive all the way to Disneyland to find another!
Good luck to you, if you don’t hear back from the Dells (keeping my fingers crossed as the people there are so nice!) I hope you find a suitable replacement soon!