Pupdate - Cool like Cooper!

​This is beautiful Cooper who is making his forever home with Noreen and Lawrence. Noreen tells us this picture is a rare moment of quietude as Cooper watches the sunrise. Note as this past week was St. Patrick's Day you can see the colors of the Irish flag - green and orange on his harness and his leash!

February was a BIG MONTH for Cooper. He marked 4 months living in his forever home, he turned one on the 12th of February and he graduated from puppy kindergarten! Kindergarten was a great experience for Cooper, Noreen and Larry. They learned that Cooper who they thought had no training but as Cooper progressed they realized that he quickly grasped the "inside" task like sit, down, go to mat. However, he had zero leash walking skills, preferred to be outside rather than inside, and never learned that nipping humans is not the way to engage them in play behavior. So they are now signed up for Graduate Puppy Class and doing well! Noreen thinks that Graduate Puppy 2 class may be in their future.

Noreen tells us that she and Larry have raised and fostered Goldens since 1973 and Cooper is by far the most vocal. They are greeted with joyous "dog songs" all day long - upon awakening, coming home for lunch, a new toy, an old toy that was forgotten and rediscovered, and yet he can be beautifully composed, still, and alert - a perfect companion as pictured above.

They are grateful to Sunshine and the for the chance to love and enjoy Cooper and watch him grow into a great dog.

Cooper is so lucky to be in his forever home with Noreen and Larry!

Happy life to Cooper!

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