Daisy is our newest Chocolate lab, born February 2009. We brought her home on April 22, 2009 at exactly 8 weeks old.
My 4th Chocolate Lab, and the third from Coppertone Kennels, she is without a doubt, the most gentle and friendly lab we have seen. In fact, she is so quiet and gentle around people we hope to have her certified by the Delta Society so she can become a therapy dog.
Daisy at 1.5 years old
Daisy and her (1 of 100) toys
Update: 7/2014 – Daisy received the highest certification for Therapy Dog, a rating of ‘Complex’. This means she can safely go to facilities where there may be non-standard or unusual behaviour as well as loud outbursts and noise.
We began out visits to Signature Healthcare in Miami, then to Plantation Manor in Plantation Florida. We have since been making visits to Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston on a regular basis.
Daisy loves the visits and the Patients love her!
Daisy at 8 weeks old – just brought her home
Update: 5/2022 – Where have the past 8 years gone? And gone by so quickly! Daisy and I worked for years at Cleveland Clinic, mainly concentrating on those either hospitalized and by themselves, or the families in the waiting room while a close one was having surgery.
We kept this up until about 2019 when Daisy begaan having more problems with her left front leg.
Daisy at work
Our last Christmas Card
Come on Dad, why are you sitting down?
Daisy in Colorado… in the daisies
And this, reluctantly, brings me up to today. We have watched our dear girl struggle and it is obvious the pain has overtaken her and quality of life has been extinguished. We have done everything we could to make her comfortable over the past 6 months, but it is now clear that she needs to rest.
Why are these decisions so hard to make? Because we are making them for someone that has loved unconditionally, trusted in us completely, yet cannot make the decision themselves. We ache, and we shed tears, but today she will run with her Aunt Mocha, and will be pain free.
Yesterday we gave her a spa day and spent time with her doing things we have enjoyed so much. The last part is time in the pool where she always wanted me to hold her. Yesterday, neither one of us wanted to let go.
Pool day, just holding her.
I love her so much and cannot let go.
They broke the mold when she was born, Never heard her growl or act aggressive to any one or thing…a gentle, kind soul her entire life. I will miss her terribly, but carry her memory in my heart forever.