Remember Cookie & Coco?
They're the two L.A. labs that went 'round the world in an e-mail phenomenon earlier his year after their owner, who could not take them with her when she downsized from a house to an apartment, sent out a plea to find the dogs a new home together. (They were adopted.)
Our original post from January 22 continues to draw comments as links to it apparently keep circulating around the nation. The post includes updates letting people know the dogs were adopted.
But the Cookie & Coco allure continues and emails are still circulating (Josh got the latest version from a friend recently, who suggested he might want to put the plea for a new home for these dogs up on the blog).
We've also received several more comments on our original post in just the past week, although it looks as if people are (finally) getting the word that the dogs have long since found a new home.
So I thought it was a good time for a fresh update here at South Bay Pets.
First of all, I spoke this morning with the former owner, Sarah, who tells me Cookie and Coco are doing well (being "spoiled," actually, she said). They remain in the same home they were placed in some four months ago now and it's worked out beautifully, she said. Both Sarah and the dogs' new owners live fairly close to one another in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles so Sarah's children can continue to visit the dogs if they wish.
"My girls (the dogs) are fabulously happy," Sarah told me on the phone. "We did the right thing, the only thing we could at the time."
She has been working with some nonprofit groups on behalf of shelter dog rescue work and also mentioned that Cookie and Coco have been the subject of a couple of children's books, with proceeds going to dog rescue organizations.
She also forwarded to us the email below which she sent out recently to those who have contacted her.
I've posted some of the more recent comments the original post has received on the jump.
It was not a hoax email that I sent out to all my friends and family at the end of January.
However, for what ever reason, some people took my original email and made it their own, changing contact info and location of my pups.
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You can check out my story and it's validity via www.SNOPES.COM and search under 'Cookie and Coco'.
I want to personally 'Thank' everyone for trying to help my 2 pups. Even to this day I receive emails from potential adopters.
I apologize for my earlier automated response.
There is simply an overwhelming amount of emails to sift through.
Thanks again. Sarah.
MIRICLES DO HAPPEN!!! I AM SO VERY HAPPY THAT THESE TWO DOGS WERE ADOPTED TOGETHER!!!
Thank God for the internet. What a blessing!!! Hell of a great tool to get the word out all across the world.
Thank God these two awesome dogs where able to stay together & got a new home.
I'm sorry to all my friends...I thought it was the real deal!
I'm happy to know that the original story had a happy ending...I'm equally impressed by how many people have reached out to help!
It's a Besutiful World!!!
my fiance and i were under the impression that these dogs belonged to a neighbor of his close friend here in northern new jersey.
thanks to maggie a mutual animal lover, we learned that they found a home ions ago and aren't even on this coast! wow.
I don't mind though, I love the happy ending.
jennifer
We thought these dogs were from the Hampton Roads, Va. area. All of our neighbors were notified as well as members of our church. We had some folks genuinely interested in adopting these dogs. Even though they couldn't adopt these particular dogs, they may now go out and adopt others. So glad these two have a happy home.
I am on the board for a lab rescue group in Phoenix. We are still seeing this email circulated which just shows how amazing people are for wanting to make certain these dogs have been re-homed.
As previous posters have said, I would encourage you to either adopt a dog through animal control, or from a local rescue group. We have seen such a large number of foreclosure dog situations lately and need everyones help. Even better would be if you would volunteer and become a foster family. It is a very rewarding experience and helps to start getting these dogs back into their safe forever homes.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
As the host and producer of an NPR live radio show out of Southampton New York called DOG TALK this plea reached me today as though it was a local problem seeking my assistance on the air. Since I had seen that very same photo of the two Labs several times before, I did ask the person who had generated the email whether she knew the sender personally and whether this was a legitimate urgent issue. She assured me she did know the person because she herself was involved in the dog show world - clearly irrelevant and not true, but why say so?? And then she sent me the Snopes link showing it was old history on the other side of the country! Surely we all have better ways to use our time on behalf of animals who really need it?