Cosmo the Mostly Good Dog »

We were so excited the day Cosmo came home to us.  We’d gotten him a collar, different lengths of leashes, bowls for his food and water, toys… everything we could think of.  We…

Coz had been our dog for the better part of a year when we decided the three of us should have an adventure together.  We packed a tent and sleeping bags and a propane stove and loaded the dog…

We’d hosted thanksgiving, which was a time of gladsome carousing and abundant leftovers.  By the end, our 20 or 30 closest friends had loaded up with pies and fresh bread, soup and kugel,…

We’d had Coz for more than a few months and had learned many of his little tricks.  He liked to hop on the furniture when we weren’t around, which we discouraged by placing empty soda…

Cosmo has always been friendly to almost everybody.  The big exception was anybody on a skateboard. Cosmo would hear the low rumbling of a skateboard’s wheels and he’d go right…

It was a sunny morning; Coz was only a few years old.  I was walking with him at the presidio, in an area where eucalyptus and cypress trees dotted a long hill bordered by a sleepy lane. This was…

One thing that maybe hasn’t been made sufficiently abundantly clear about Cosmo is that he’s a brusier. He’s this kind of dog: one time Kel was at an ATM with him and a tough-looking…

It was a confusing time for us all.  Kel was living in a dorm at work, away from home and under blindfold for 10 days straight.  She was pretty much out of the picture.  I was working…

Cosmo combines two traits that are usually quite distinct from each other: cuteness and toughness.  Little kids - the ones who haven’t been trained to fear dogs - love him and rush up to him; he’s…

Update, for those who care for one: the dog went in for a checkup yesterday and the news was good.  He’s scaling the stairs again; I don’t have to carry him anymore, for a while at…

For all of you who have sent good thoughts toward our very good dog Cosmo, over the past week or the past year or ever:

Thanks.