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Likes: Tennis balls, games of catch
Pet-Peeves: Being left at home....
Favorite Toy: My glow ball!!! Love to chase it in the dark!
Favorite Food: "Buddy" burgers!
Favorite Walk: Mountain walks, local parks
Best Tricks: jumps hurdles, catches tennis ball on one bounce
Arrival Story: Cosmo had been in the shelter for a month. (Potential adopters thought he was too big). Some volunteers asked me to just go take a look at him. We had just lost Sparkle-dog and weren't ready to adopt, but Cosmo won my heart and of course I wanted him. When I want back to the shelter to adopt him, he had been moved to isolation and had extremely bad kennel cough. I had to have him hospitalized three times, but he eventually got over the upper respiratory problems and hasn't been sick since. I'll never forget when I looked in on him in the shelter isolation ward and his tail just started wagging.....it hasn't stopped since then!
Bio: Cosmo has appeared in a number of local and national publications and has a ballad written in his honor...."The Ballad of Cosmo James!"
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Colorado All Breed Rescue Newsletter" Oct. 2006, featured withhis late sister Sparkle in article written by mom. "I Was Just Not Ready to Adopt."
"The Bark" May/June 2006 "Smiling Dogs" photo;
"Dogs and Cats Colorado Style," Spring 06, photo of Cos with Dad;
"Your Dog" (Tufts University) July, 2005 featured in article..."One Symptom, Many Possible Causes";
"Dog Days of Colorado" July,/August 2003 photo of Cosmo being walked while still in the shelter.
Forums Motto:
I thought it was bad enough being attacked by little evil Yorkies yesterday, but today was worse. I was in agility class and Mom was doing "wait" and walking away and then calling me. I was being a good boy when a big male GSP came running at me and snapped at me right in my face!!! I snapped and growled right back and he ran off again.
What is it with peaceable me getting attacked by all these dogs? I am simply minding my own business!
Well, life is still good in Cosmorado, just a little dangerous! BOL!
I just got back from my walk through the 'hood with Mom. It was a nice, enjoyable non-eventful walk up the hill behind us and back. Then it happened! As we passed one house first one, then two and finally five Yorkies came rushing at me barking. They were of varying sizes and very yappy. Mom saw that their side gate was open so she made me go with her to the front door, with Yorkies nipping at my toes. She rang the doorbell and the owner came out and got them all back into the house. She was very glad to have them inside and to get the gate closed.
Then at the next house, I got to meet the big white poodle who I always bark at. He was very friendly and nice. His name is Zak, like my pal from Ahia, so I took a liking to him right away. However, I can't promise that I won't bark at him when he walks past my house. It's what I do.
Hooray...the snow is all melted and so Mom took me for a nice long walk to Applewood Park, around the park and back the long way. I got to run off leash in the park! On our way there, we practiced walking on a regular collar and "loose lead." Mom said I did very well..and gave me quite a few training treats in the process!
On our way home, we noticed that a man was staring at me. He asked Mom if I was an Aussie! As always she said, "He is a shelter dog and we think he's Border Collie and pointer." The man said I had Aussie traits. BOL! One of the vets in our practice thought I was part deerhound! Being such a mutt is great. It keeps the peeps guessing.
I know for a fact that I am a Cosmo dog. Unique and exceptional! BOL!
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