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Just off the top of my head, I don’t recall ever seeing a calm dog. I’m 59 and a cat person. Since getting married, we’ve had dogs for 20+ years. Our son, 21 and ADD, grew up with the dogs. I don’t recall that any of them ever calmed him down. However, they may have helped to wear him down. Speaking from experience, your son is less likely to kill a large one when he belly flops on it.
I do seem to recall that my son was fond of one of the cats. Few cats are going to stay around a wound up ADHD kid. Only one that is calm and quiet. You might want to consider a cat. As a bonus, they have nine lives so they will survive one or two belly flops. The best cat is a feral cat gotten from the woods and tamed. We had one once that ran into and joined a dog fight after the fourth dog entered the fray. He was awesome. Two border collies, a golden, a huge doberman, and a black cat having it out. Actually, as I recall, the cat pretty well busted up the fight.
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