COPE Service Dogs
Registered Name: C.O.P.E. CANINE OPPORTUNITY, PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT
Business No: 896771417RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
Harnessing the love of Dogs, COPE Service Dogs help students finish school and also change the lives of people living with mobility issues.
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COPE Service Dogs is a local charity that breeds, trains and places service dogs with people with physical disabilities and at facilities. (i.e., Hospices, child & youth child advocacy centres, schools for children with disabilities.
Each puppy receives two years of intensive training where they learn over 90 different commands to support the people they will ultimately serve. The thing that makes COPE Service Dogs training method unique and innovative is that for the first year of their training, each dog is placed with several high school students who are at risk of not finishing high school.
COPE Service Dogs programs include:
- Canines in the Classroom for students who are struggling with engagement in school – a unique component of the dog’s training as students at risk help train service and therapy dogs.
- Ready Buddy for elementary students who struggle with confidence and literacy;
- Service Dog Placement – COPE trains and permanently places specially trained dogs with people living with a disability;
- Facility Dog Placement – COPE trains and places specially trained dogs with professionals to augment their therapeutic practice to assist people in need; and
- Community Canines – Specially trained dogs who visit seniors and participate in community-based initiatives.
To date, 98% of students enrolled in Canines in the Classroom have either graduated from high school or are still enrolled. Over 1100 high school students have participated in Canines in the Classroom. This program gives students facing barriers an opportunity to gain a foothold in life.
Canines in the Classroom has been operating in various schools in Barrie and Simcoe County since 2003 and in 2021/22, expanded to two new schools in Mississauga-West Credit Secondary School and Meadowvale Secondary School. Fall of 2022 will see the addition of two new schools in Barrie at Barrie North Collegiate Institute and Bear Creek Secondary School.
For more info on COPE Service Dogs visit https://www.copedogs.org/
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Lindsay S donated $25.00!
We hope our donation helps support a dog who will support a human.
Vanessa C donated $1,000.00!
It has been a pleasure to raise Yorkie and see him touch so many lives during hi...
Virginia M donated $1,000.00!
One of the COPE dogs was by my mom's side in her last days. I am sure that it c...