Mike and I hunted the Sandhills the last few years and Cocoa was Mike's constant companion. I can't imagine a better one for him.

We tended to go later in October, when the sharpies are extremely skittish. Cocoa was the perfect companion. Always by Mike's side, never ahead scaring them up early and always on the downed bird in a flash. IMHO the perfect dog for the sharptail hunting both Mike and I love so much. Made my Llewellin Scout look like a hunting oaf by comparison.

Mike is the photographer between us so he has the stockpile of pics of Cocoa and from the start of each hunt to the end, he was always after the perfect shot of Cocoa and the bird. I would chide him about the photography....."There may be more birds!" But Mike was and is right. There will always be more birds. We now know there is a limit on photographs of Cocoa and we've reached it.

I can't imagine what you are going through Mike, except I do know having lost three already and with another coming up soon. May your Lord give you strength.

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia