Recently in Cookie and Coco Category

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.  

*****UPDATED: A hoax? Nope:

The final word 

A special thanks to Kristin Coronado of the Washington Post.

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Yay, a new home was found for Cookie and Coco, the Labs we posted about here last week.

Here's the email I received from my friend who initially sent the info on to me:

To my Friends and Family,


Hey, we did it!! Good job everyone!


Donna - I think you can post a new update to your blog. Thank you so
much for your help!!

(Of course, now I wonder if we have totally messed up her Gmail account
for life. LOL!)

******* Final, FINAL update.  

A special thanks to Kristin Coronado of the Washington Post. 

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Final update:  Happy ending for this one. Cookie and Coco have found a new home -- together.  

posted earlier today about two 3-year-old Labrador retrievers, Cookie and Coco, whose family must move and cannot take them along. The owner, Sarah, needs to find a home where they will be kept together. 

(June 2009): If you receive a link to this post:  

*************Cookie and Coco have been placed. They have a new home.

Please notify those who send you this link that these dogs no longer are available or need a home.

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(February 2009): Final, FINAL update: The tale of Cookie & Coco managed to spread far and wide over the past month, with some people wondering if it might be a hoax.

It was not.

Thanks for all the concern and interest. A couple has adopted the dogs and the original owner remains in touch with them. "They send me pictures all the time and have invited our kids to go hiking with them," the owner told Kristin Coronado of the Washington Post. "It's just been amazing."

A special thanks to Kristin.

Final update: A happy ending, the Labs found a new home togther.

(***See our subsequent update here):  (June 2009 - NOTE: Below is our original post from 1/22/09, but both these dogs have been successfully placed in a new home together; they no longer are in need of a home):

Jan. 22, 2009: I received an email today from a friend who is passing the word about two great dogs that need a new home. Their family, in the Los Angeles area, is moving in just a little over a week and they cannot take the dogs with them. They are heartbroken and are desperately trying to find someone who can keep them together in a new home.

So here's the scoop from the owner, Sarah, (with photos below):

They were raised together and pine without each other. The Lab rescue has already said they would probably separate them, so this is my last resort.

Recently I tried to take Coco out in my car alone and she TOTALLY refused to even get into the car without Cookie. She absolutely pulled back on her haunches until Cookie was by her side.

Both doggies are in great health, have been spayed and have ID chips ... Cookie turned 3 on Dec. 10 and Coco will be 3 on April 1. Cookie is my mellow-yellow and just loves her tummy rubbed. Coco is adorably funny and lives for her ball! She also loves the water.

Both are loyal and love to walk. They have been raised with my three kids running around all over the place and have survived Sammy's constant hugging and love of "dress-up," so they are fantastic family dogs. This is by far one of the most difficult decisions I have ever had to make, but under the circumstances I have no hope ... They are just adorable and it's heartbreaking to let them go. In a perfect world, I hope that we could find someone local so that we can still keep in touch and visit them. I pray that someone, somewhere can help us keep Cookie and Coco together and love them just as much as we do.