She was a chocolate lab... and an amazing dog. I like dogs, and have had dogs in my life, but Cocoa was a super dog. She showed up at Mom and Dad's farm about 9 years ago. Mom, at the time, was not impressed with her... and they decided to take her to the vet to see if anyone would claim her. About a week later (I think), the vet called Dad... no one claimed her... and he went to get her.
Soon that dog became Dad's best friend... she was awesome. She became a friend of all of us! And what's the best thing about that dog - is she soon became Mom's best friend when Mom started showing signs of Alzheimer's. Cocoa was right by Mom's side all the time, she was protecting her. It was amazing.
And when Mom was really bad, and had not very many things nice to say to... well, anyone... she did have nice things to say to Cocoa. Again, best friend. That dog did no wrong in her eyes.
Last Fall, Dad started to notice that Cocoa was losing some weight and not really 'active'. She got through the winter, and then Dad took her to the vet maybe in March? No tests were done, but the vet thought maybe she had had a stroke (which had slowed her down a little), and possibly had a tumor in her stomach. Dad didn't want any tests done, and just wanted to live a life with Cocoa as well as they could... Dad said about a month ago, Cocoa seemed to perk up a little, was eating more and putting on weight. But she passed late Friday night/early Saturday. Poor thing. And poor Dad. He was devastated... heart broken that he wasn't there with her. The whole thing just breaks my heart... now Dad really is alone at the farm.
When we got home Saturday from Lake Rathbun, and after K's baseball games, I sat down with Kayson and told him the news. He cried and cried. Man, that broke my heart. He loved that dog too. He was so sad. Then shortly later, we told Cora. Her reaction was much calmer... and simply said, "Well, now she's with Grandma Cheryl." Yep, you are right sis. Two different outlooks. I love those kids.
Here are a few pictures I had of Cocoa.
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| such a pretty dog. |
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| Just this last Christmas. |
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