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| Name: |
Mocha
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Age: |
Thirteen years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Chocolate Labrador Retriever |
| Home: |
Altoona, Florida, USA |
This
is Mocha. She's a Labrador Retriever, almost fourteen years old. Mocha is
our special girl. Her first people didn't know how to handle a rambunctious
Lab puppy, so they put her in a crate out in the yard, and were mean to her
if she got out. Thankfully a good neighbor talked them into giving her to
us. She was a little freaked out over her new found freedom, but she
settled down quickly. She is very happy to be a part of a loving family.
One thing very special about Miss Mocha is that she thinks she is "momma"
to all creatures smaller than her. Through the years she has helped me
raise six kittens that were abandoned. I would bottle feed them and she
would clean them and babysit. If they would wander too far she would pick
them up in her big old mouth and put them back where they belonged. She
found the last kitten after a tropical storm. It was half drowned and no
mother to be found. Mocha would not let us rest until we got that baby!!
Here are a couple of pictures of them together. We decided Mocha could keep
this baby.
She was very supportive and concerned when I was going through cancer
treatment. She would stay close to me all the time. Sometimes she would
wake me up in the middle of the night, I guess she just wanted to be sure I
was alright. She is so full of love and compassion! She's been with us for
a little over thirteen years now, and we are thankful she is ours.
She is very affectionate and loving. She is the biggest of our critters,
but the lowest on the alpha scale. She just has no desire to be the boss.
She is a very mellow dog, unless someone new comes over! Then she gets all
happy and excited and acts like a three-pound puppy!! She's starting to
slow down a little, but she is still "Momma to the world."
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