This is Cocoa, a Chesapeake Bay retriever who recently passed away at the ripe age of 16 years. She’s at the boardwalk with her owner, Tom.
A Facebook account by the name of Carri Copenhaver wrote about this story of Cocoa, who belonged to Lauren and Tom.
“Here is Cocoa, our Chesapeake Bay Retriever, looking out on Rudee’s Inlet at the end of the Virginia Beach Boardwalk. She peacefully went to sleep last Friday. We spent over 16 sweet years together and the last 6 months without her ability to stand brought us even closer. She has left a large void in our heart and our home. She wasn’t able to greet people or dogs anymore on her own, but she loved it when people came up to her. Thank you for stopping to greet her and for sharing her with your friends on Facebook.
Cocoa had not walked since last August, but she still was living a meaningful, quality life with us. She brought us such joy and hopefully we did the same for her. We miss her and will treasure our memories of her forever. She will always be with us in our hearts.”
See the video where Tom spoke of how they came up with the mobile bed for their precious Cocoa here.
Obviously Cocoa was well-loved and had a great life with Lauren and Tom.
Colton Praill report for CTV News that on March 16, 2021, Haley Moore was walking her 1½-year-old dog, Clover, a Maremma sheepdog mix, in their Stittsville neighborhood in Ottawa, Canada, when she collapsed to the ground in a seizure.
Moore said, “All I remember is waking up in the ambulance and being really confused; just like what is going on.”
But a neighbor’s security camera captured what happened.
The video shows Clover springing into action.
First, Clover checked on her human to determine that Haley was in a medical emergency.
Then, Clover watched as a car passed by.
Moments later, a second vehicle approached –a truck. This time, Clover freed her leash from Haley’s grasp, then risked her own safety by standing in front of the truck, forcing the driver to stop.
The driver, 21-year-old Dryden Oatway, quickly got out of his truck to help the fallen Haley, watched closely by Clover.
Dryden said: “It was really impressive, the dog actually blocked my way. She kind of backed into the road to block my truck. The whole time she was backing down the street she had eyes on Hailey; didn’t look away from her. She kept her distance from me but made sure her owner was okay and that was amazing.”
Dryden tried to get help from a nearby neighbor before returning to tend to Moore.
Clover then caught the attention of another driver, Danielle Pilon, who stopped to help.
Pilon said, “Immediately I just stopped and I jumped out of the Jeep and I asked Dryden if everything was okay and he was like, ‘I don’t know, she fell.'”
It was then that Clover ran back home to get more help.
Pilon said: “You could tell she [Clover] didn’t want to leave her [Haley] even when we were with her but I think it just came to her that she was like ‘I need to go home to let them know she needs help.'”
By the time Clover and her family returned to the scene, Haley was in an ambulance being treated by paramedics.
Haley’s father, Randall Moore, said: “When I got a knock on the door from the neighbors, they were frantic and our dog Clover was barking like crazy. To see my daughter, face full of mud, and she was incoherent, wasn’t sure where she was, it was just terrifying, it really was.”
Thankfully, Haley was okay. The family isn’t sure what caused the sudden seizure, but Haley says she’s comforted by the fact that she’ll have her dog there to protect her: “If this ends up happening again, I feel 10 times safer and I know she will be there for me. You know how good animals are and she’s a really amazing dog and I love her to death.”
Clover got a big steak as a reward. 🙂
Randall Moore said: “[My wife] Diane comes home with a couple of big steaks and I thought ‘Wow, this is great, I’m getting a big steak’ and she said, ‘No, it’s for Clover for doing such a great job.'”
“On Valentine’s Day, this calf was born in sub-zero temperatures during a winter storm. She was found near lifeless, so they brought her inside to warm her up. The family puppy started licking her face like her mama would. And then the puppy cuddled up to the calf to warm her up. Soon after, the calf made a full recovery thanks in part to the puppy that helped save her!”
An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of.
He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.
The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.
Curious I pinned a note to his collar: “I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”
The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3. He’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”
