I’m less aggressive, [and have] lost a lot of anger… COPE has made me open my eyes to reality and has helped me want to make friends. I’m usually very mad and upset but when I go in to the COPE dog class I feel relieved and there’s nothing to worry about. Flare (but I call her Flare bear), she’s one of my favorite animals. She can take me as I am and not as other people want me to be; she can listen to me when I’m upset and can make me happy by just the way she…puts her forehead right where mine is.
I love her and she’s my COPE dog. I honestly don’t know what I will do when I have to leave her in grade 10, but COPE has also made me get up every morning to just come to school and I can’t wait till the time I go to that class.