(absence of the corpus callosum). She does not have the bridge of nerves that connect the left and right side of the brain. She is about 2+ years mentally delayed, has fine motor skill issues, muscle tension issues in her legs, extreme behavioural issues as well as bowel complications. Due to her condition Krysta is also a flight risk as she has safety awareness issues. Ben helps her by coaxing her to walk longer distances which is great for her legs. Having her hold a leash attached to Ben when we are out allows me to know that she will not wander away. Krysta has extremely sensitive hearing and would not sit at the dinner table with the famliy because it was "too loud", but now that Ben sits at her feet she eats dinner with us every night. When Krysta has an emotional "meltdown" it used to be half a day at least before she would get back to "normal", now we give her a minute or two and bring Ben to her and she snuggles with him for 5-10 minutes and it's like nothing happened!!! This is all only what's happened in the first 3 weeks we had him home! My family calls him our "miracle dog", and I think that sums it up quite nicely.
He is so wonderful! He even is a stress releiver for me after a long day with the kids! I love him so much!
Thank you again, and please keep in touch!
Best of regards,
Cindy Rossit
COPE Puppies
Owned and operated by Sherri Hall
Tansy and Canyon (COPE SERVICE DOG) have 2 incredible boys heading to school in September in the hopes of becoming future service dogs. We are all very excited to follow their progress, you can to by monitoring
Sherri had the incredible opportunity to liaison between Ronald McDonald House Charities and Jane Boaks, founder of COPE for the donation you see below. What an honor! Thank you George and Susan for your incredible support to this organization and give hugs to “Tilly” for us.
Tilly is now a Delta Society Therapy Dog, congratulations!!!
We are also donating 2 of Mercy's boys to COPE to fill in the spaces of dogs required for their program. These pups will be leaving to become service dogs, you can follow their progress through the COPE web site.
Sherri (upper left), George and Susan donated Ben (at right and in photo above right) to COPE and he has been placed with a wonderful family to be devoted to their lovely daughter.
Below is a photo of the duo and a letter from the family.
You may also visit them at their website: 4 Paws 4 Krysta
Hello Sherri,
My name is Cindy Rossit. I have recently gone through the C.O.P.E. Service Dog program to receive a dog for my 6 year old special needs daughter named Krysta.
We are the proud new owners of Maplelane's Gentle Ben. I just wanted to send you a quick note myself to thank you so much for donating him to C.O.P.E. We are so lucky to have him as a new member of our family. I have 3 young children (6 years old, 4 years old and an almost 3 year old), and they all love Ben dearly (as do my husband and myself!!!!).
Ben is worth his weight in gold (and them some!). Krysta was born with a condition called A.C.C.
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Maplelane’s Get the Joke, St. John’s therapy dog “Molson” proud father of this future service Dog. Big Mac “Mac” is proudly sponsored by Ronald McDonald House Children’s Charity.
C.O.P.E. receives $30,000 donation.
It was with deep gratitude that C.O.P.E. accepted a $30,000 cheque from the Ronald
McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Canada. On hand to celebrate the generous
donation was (left to right) Susan Cohon, wife of George Cohon; Selina Frederick,
C.O.P.E.’s public relations director; Devon Friedman, RMHC’s manager of communications
and development; Jane Boake, C.O.P.E.’s founder; Debbie Gilbert, C.O.P.E.’s
executive director; and George Cohon, RMHC’s founder. Mr. Cohon has been a longtime
supporter of C.O.P.E. Of course, there were lots of C.O.P.E. puppies on hand to
celebrate the great day. The cheque, presented in November 2009, is being used to
sponsor three puppies --- McFlurry, Big Mac, and Golden Arches. C.O.P.E. would also
like to acknowledge the on-going support of Rory McKinnon, franchise owner of
McDonald’s Restaurants in Alliston and Angus. Further gratitude is extended to Jason
O’Neal, franchise owner of McDonald’s Restaurants in Barrie and Bradford.
(All dogs and pups are Maplelane Goldens breeding)
