Cooper

My family has always loved dogs, and I myself have grown up always having a pet. I was 4 years old when we got our first dog Trixie, and when she got sick at the age is 15 and we had to put her down, we were devastated. The house wasn’t the same without her. It wasn’t the same having a member of the family come and meet you at the front door every day. We went about 2 years without having that extra family member.   My family missed having that extra family member, so when we were ready, we went out to find that extra family member; and that’s when Cooper came into the picture. Cooper is a mix of a Golden Retriever and a Poodle, he’s called a Golden-Doodle. He is so sweet and so loving; he wouldn’t even hurt a fly, my family and I are convinced that he is a big scaredy-cat. I had to baby sit my little cousin a few times who was only a few months old at the time. This was before Anthony would crawl, we just had him lying on the floor on the carpet, and Cooper would lay right beside him. It looked like Cooper was protecting him. It was the cutest thing. When Anthony was a little older, he would crawl near Cooper, and Cooper would get scared and get up from where he was and move to another place of the house. It was really funny because it’s like Anthony knew that Cooper didn’t like Anthony crawling around him, so Anthony would follow Cooper everywhere he went. And every time, Cooper would get up, put his tail between his legs, and move somewhere else. It was funny to watch, but I’m sure Cooper didn’t find it very funny.

Cooper just had his 2^nd birthday in February, so he is very young. But I know one day (hopefully in many years), it will be very hard for my family when Cooper passes away because he is such a big part of my family. But it’s very early to be thinking about that, we just enjoy every moment we have with him.