Assistance dog helps wheelchair bound Kapiti youngster
(WorldNews New Zealand)

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Waikanae six-year-old Eli Berkhalter was born with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, but now has an assistance dog that has bought a spark into his life Waikanae six-year-old Eli Burkhalter has a new and very loyal friend - Taffy, a two-year-old golden labrador assistance dog. Born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, Eli cannot walk, talk or sit upright, and he requires fulltime care, provided largely by his widowed mother Simone Burkhalter and older brother Sean, 8. The family welcomed Taffy into their family one month...