Hello my new friend.  My name is Cocoa, like Hot Cocoa.  I am a nine year old male that weighs about 20 pounds.  I am a Chocolate Cocker Spaniel.  I was brought to a local animal shelter by someone who said they found me.  I waited a week for my family to come and find me but they never did.  I had long matted hair and was ready to get out of there.  The rescue came and I was so glad to go with them. I am ready to find a new family.

   I consider myself a friendly, happy guy that doesn’t act my age.  I like other dogs but I really don’t care about them.  I like my people the best and am a talker. A fenced yard is wonderful and I will run and play ball with you or carry around toys.  I like to chew on sturdy toys and will shred soft ones.  Even the balls I play with are rubber because I will rip up the tennis ball ones.  I am house trained and crate trained. So, I know some good manners, I just choose not to use them sometimes.  I think she said I suffer from selective hearing and memory loss, whatever that means.  I don’t think I am suffering at all but will admit I can be stubborn at times.  My little tail is always wagging and I wiggle too. When I came to the rescue my coat was matted very badly and they had to shave me but left a mohawk on my head.

   I have been groomed, neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.  I also had my teeth cleaned with some extractions.  I am current on flea/tick and heartworm preventatives.  My adoption fee is 200.00.  The first step in adopting me is to complete an application for Cocoa at dogsasfamily.org.   We can play ball together!  I love to play ball.