Hello, Leslie,
I just ran across an old “Rolodex” card with your contact info on it, and decided to look up your kennel to see if you all were still there. We bought a Golden Retriever puppy, a female, from you almost 12 1/2 years ago. My parents had purchased a Jack Russell Terrier from you and had noticed your beautiful Goldens. I’d had a Golden before kids, and was ready to add a dog to our family. My parents lived in New Orleans, and my three children and I drove in to see the puppies on a visit to them from Houston. All I had ever read about beautiful, well-formed Goldens, I saw in your beautiful dogs. We fell in love with them and chose a puppy. My parents picked her up when she was ready to go, and drove her to us in Lafayette, a half-way meeting place.
From the beginning, Coco was not only a beautiful puppy, but an incredibly special, loving and smart dog. She learned so readily, and grew into an amazing dog, and we all loved her so very much. Actually, everyone who met her loved her, and thought that she was THE most beautiful, sweet girl they’d ever met. One friend always commented on her walk…”like she was on a modeling runway…so regal…just like a showgirl!” Not an unfriendly cell in her body, she was friends with all people and dogs she encountered. We trusted her implicitly around anyone…except food on the table…she did steal once in a while, but was always so embarrassed when we caught her! She gave and wanted love unabashedly. Really, right to the very end. She did die, last June.
We still miss her….as my son says,” There will never be another one like Coco…or one as good.” That is the truth. Coco was so very special. I wanted you to know how much she was loved!