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In loving memory of KokoBe aware of who you overlook when looking for a new pet.
I was a file clerk at the local shelter in '86. I wasn't looking for a new pet, but every day I would walk through the kennel and look at all of the animals; just because. That's what you do when you love animals. There she was, a shy little brown dog that everyone passed right by, in a kennel at the back of a row. No one noticed her because she made no attempt at getting anyone's attention. Her info said she was a stray. No one wanted her, for whatever reason, and her time was running out. I checked on her every day to see if her owners came to claim her yet, but no one ever showed up. I watched as the clock ticked and knew when she would be euthanized. I couldn't let it happen to her, there was something about her that I fell in love with. Koko was a great dog. She was friendly with everyone, although she did chase cats and hated UPS delivery trucks. We didn't know anything about dog training at the time, so it took awhile, but we finally got her to leave the cats alone and to ignore the trucks. The coolest thing about Koko was that she taught herself how to heel off-leash and I could take her for walks anywhere. Koko went a lot of places with us, but her favorite place was backpacking the Greenwater Trails. She always knew where we were going as soon as the backpacks came out of the garage and she knew the trails like the back of her paw. Having some kind of herding dog in her, she would run up and down the trail, making sure all of us were accounted for and in line. At the campsite, she would sit under her favorite tree all weekend and bark at the squirrels. We had Koko for about 15 years, longer than any other animal we have ever owned to date. She will always be missed. Please click on a photo thumbnail to see it in display size.
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