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THE DOG SCENE: CHAUFFEUR

By J.M. Downey
Photos by Heather Green

If you must travel, then travel in style. If you ask Coco, the only way to cruise around town is in a luxurious Lexus RX 300. This precocious Chocolate Lab is 8 years old and loves to tag along with mom and dad anywhere in the car. But she has to sit in the front seat; it’s “her” seat. If the three of them are going on a short errand, mom or dad get to decide who rides shotgun (mom or dad, not Coco).

Mom agrees that Coco is a tad bit spoiled and she does bend the rules when Coco begs to sit in the front seat, just for the short jaunts, though. This big, brown baby loves to go to the bank, post office, dry cleaners and Petco. At Petco, she gets a treat!

If the family is traveling long-distance, Coco must sit in the back seat or take a nap on her portable bed (in the back seat). Coco has vacationed in Vail with the family and loves to go hiking and walking around the town. She also gets to make the long commute to Hays, Kansas, to visit her sister in college and hang out with all the girls in the dorm.

Coco loves to hang her head out the window when she travels. Her mom tells us that she has these oversized lips that fill up with air when the wind is blowing in her face and is definitely a Kodak moment.