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Coco's Birthday

Coco's 1st Birthday

 Well look at me, I am all grown up and I am now 1 year old and just love my life.

I didn't know when I was a puppy that I was joining the ZiwiPeak family but I do now and boy have I had a great 1st year.

I live on a golf course, 800 feet above sea level and look out from my country kennel at the surrounding area of rolling hills, forestry and the beautiful sea and islands that they call the Bay of Plenty.

Mum spoils me quite a bit as since the boys have all grown up and left home I am it for her so I go everywhere she goes even into restaurants and cafe's as they all know me.

I even have a godmother at Pacifica Garden's  called Bonnie. Mum called in to show me off as a puppy and when she saw me it bought back all the memories of her departed Labrador so Mum said would she like to be godmother to me and she said yes and so I am and its cool.

I eat the best food & treats in the world and have plenty of bones and we hunt for rabbit's on the golf course so I get plenty of exercise and a treat at the end of it, if we catch anything.

I have lots of friends & family that visit or come to work. Benny my Fox Terrier friend is our green keepers dog and I see him daily as he joins me for breakfast and if the weather is really nice I spend the day with him and his dad Rod on the golf course.

Then I have Belle another Fox Terrier but a girl like me and she has lots of whiskers and she comes to work say twice a week. Her Mum is Karen and she works for ZiwiPeak as head of documentation for all our exports. We have great fun at ZiwiPeak running around and messing the place up, have treats usually Venison & Green Mussel and Mum takes us down the back to the park for a rabbit stake out for exercise.

I have my very own cousin's.   There's Hunnie, she's a Dachshund real small and tan and Peggy-Sue she's an older dog and they live in Whangamata which is a cool beach resort with lots of surf and sandy beaches.

We see them quite a lot because Mum's family lives there and we always have real exciting adventures, like beach walks and throwing sticks in the big waves and I have to go in and fetch them.   Sometimes it can be real scary but Mum is always there keeping an eye on me.   We sometimes have parties and the cousins and I dress up with hats and new collars and we really get spoilt.

I see my Mum (Lucy Prole) quite a bit as her Mum and my Mum are friends so she comes and checks me out to make sure that I am behaving myself and gives me the quiet cuddle on the side and a few words of wisdom as I am still learning alot.

Oscar, is my new brother and he's a furry cat.   He's grumpy all the time.   Mum gave me a teddy for Christmas and I have been trying to get him to have games with me and my teddy but he's not interested. His kind of game is baiting me around corners and attacking me with his claws which hurts but I am no fool now and if he does this too many times I get him back by getting to his food bowl first and eating all of it and that really gets him going.

My birthday celebration was the best. Mum & Dad and my Mum (Lucy) got friends over for a luncheon and they cracked a bottle of Moet and sang Happy Birthday to me and Lucy and I got a feast of Venison and ZiwiPeak for lunch and a special birthday cake with candles. It was the best.

I still have a lot to learn and realise that I am only young and have at least another year before I am fully mature but I am enjoying the journey and who knows in the future I may have a family of puppies myself.

Love Coco

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