Perhaps someone has already forwarded you this email:
Subject: Family losing home and can’t take their dogs into the apartment
Package deal!
Please pass along to all family, friends, coworkers – spread the word and help find these two adorable labs a home.
Two females, both have chips implanted and are very well cared for. Their family is losing their home and they are desperate to find a loving home.
Already housebroken, trained, love kids, spayed, up to date on shots….what more could you ask for.But must stay together. These are life long friends.
Contact: Katherine at: kjmorris74 blah blah blah
Thanks for your help spreading the word. Read their story below.
The story…
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This family has lost their home and the apartment does not allow dogs. They are looking for a home for the two Labs. See below.As many of you know, we are moving in just 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I have still not been able to find a good home for Cookie and Coco. We’re not able to take our beloved doggies with us and I’ve been desperately trying to find a home for both of them ‘together’. They were raised together and pine without each other. The Lab rescue has already said that they would probably separate them, so this is my last resort.
Recently I tried to take Coco out in my car alone and she TOTALLY refused to even get into the car without Cookie…..!!!! She
absolutely pulled back on her haunches until Cookie was by her side. Both doggies are in great health, have been spayed and have ID chips implanted under the skin.Cookie turned 3 December 10th and Coco will be 3 April 1st. Cookie is my mellow-yellow, and just loves her tummy rubbed. Coco is adorably funny and lives for her “ball”. She also loves the water….. Cookie loves lots of attention. Both doggies are loyal and love to walk. They have been raised with my 3 kids running around all over the place, and have survived Sammy’s constant hugging and love of ‘dress-up’, so they are fantastic family dogs. This is by far one of the most difficult decisions I have ever had to make, but under the circumstances I have no choice.
Please, Please forward these pics to all you know and help me find a great home for these fabulous doggies. They are just adorable and it’s heartbreaking to let them go. In a perfect world, I hope that we could find someone local so that we can still keep in touch and visit them.
I pray that someone, somewhere can help us keep Cookie and Coco together, and love them just as much as we do. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
Well, Cookie and Coco apparently do exist but they may not be local to you: they live in California. This email’s been flying around, to the point where the news media is .. er, sniffing around.
Fortunately, Cookie and Coco have apparently found a home. Here’s the auto-reply one gets when contacting the dog owner:
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:14:13 -0800
From: “sas behzadi” sas blah blah blah
To: markt at blah blah edu com net niner
Subject: In response to my dogs needing a home Re: how many dog responses?Hello,
If you are contacting me in regards to offer a home for my 2 labs, I appreciate the inquiry but I have already found them a great home where they can be together here in Southern California.
I apologize for the automatic reply, but to date I have received over 8,500 inquiries from all over the U.S. and Canada, including 5 newspapers and 3 cable TV channels. It’s truly amazing how the internet can reach so many people in so little time. What’s more amazing is the overwhelming response of support and care from so many people who truly want to help.
If you can send this reply back to all that have sent it to you, I would be so grateful as it will spread the good news about Cookie and Coco faster.
For any other matters, I will respond as soon as I can.
Thanks,
Sarah
So there’s no need to send this on to dozens of your friends. I see it as just another example of the power of the Internets (and the power of forwarding email without really thinking about it). If only all the other rescue dogs attracted such attention.