RIP Coquin 1998-2013

I saw the pet memorial forum, i know it's supposed to be for staffys but i just need to tell my coco's story.

My family dog Coquin (aka coco) past away this morning at 1 am in Bangkok, Thailand.
He was 15 years old, and was our family's first dog.

My heart is crushed, i just lost my best friend of fifteen years, my mother just lost her 15 years old son, and my housemaid lost the dog she was taking care of for fifteen years.

This is how he became our doggy:

My father had a client in Marseilles, France and when he went to work there i always tagged along.
As i was waiting for my dad to conclude his business, i played with the client's dog Coquine, a pure bred PBGV. Oh how i fell in love with her and i told my dad and his client that i wanted her.

Later that year my dad told me that Coquine had 2 puppies and one was for us. (puppies were not pure bred they were crosses ) I was soooooo Happy, i would have my first puppy. We decided to name him Coquin (male version of Coquine)

When he was around 4 months old he travelled by plane to Bangkok, my dad went to pick him up at the airport. I had school that day and my mom wouldnt let me skip to pick up the pup. So after class i rushed home to find this little puppy asleep on the kitchen floor while the maid was cooking. I was 11 yrs old when he arrived.

And he's been my rock ever since, he got me through my teenage years, my parents divorce, my hearbreaks and my depressions.
This dog was like a brother to me, i was an only child and i was a very lonly kid, when coco arrived i felt less alone, and i opened up more.

My mother and my maid spoilt him rotten, he was the king,the boss of the house, we were all his subjects.
He was the center of the universe. My mom would buy the dog food first at the groceries before buying human food. The dog always came first.


Last year i made the descision to leave Thailand and come live in France to be closer to my fiance.
Leaving my dog was harder than leaving my mom.
I told coco before leaving that i will come back home to visit next year and i told him to wait for me if he should die.

last week my mom came to France for my wedding. before leaving bangkok she also told coco to please wait for her if anything should happen.

Coco fell ill on the eve of my wedding day, his back legs were paralysed he couldnt walk anymore, and he was crying. The maid took him to the emergency vet. The vet told her there was nothing we could do he would never walk again, they kept him at the hospital for a closer look. Coco was crying and howling all the time. my wedding day was on the 21 september, i was not rejoincing at all about the wedding but worrying about my dying dog. my eyes were puffy, i cried all the time, all i could think of was coco.

My mom didn't want to put him to sleep yet because she wanted to see him one last time, my dad wanted to put him to sleep right away so he would stop suffering, and all these descisions were spoken of via Skype and Viber between france and thailand. what a mess !!!. So finally we all decided to put him to sleep when my moms comes back to bangkok on wednesday.

Too late....

This morning at 1am we got a call from the maid telling us coco passed away naturaly at the hospital.


I am angry at myself that i couln't be there for him when he needed me, poor coco died alone in the hospital while i was getting married and my mom was here with me.
I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to him. I feel like i've let him down, he was always there for me but i wasn't for him. this is killing me. i feel i am the most horrible person in the world.


I'm sorry for writing such a long story but i don't know anywhere else to let it all out.

this is a little collage i made of coco and me

Aww marine I'm so very sorry for your loss. You must be heartbroken to lose your best friend, try not to blame yourself, it was his time and I'm sure he knew you loved him very much. Run free coco at rainbow bridge, rest easy little fella

Aww Marine I feel your pain that story choked me. Please don't feel bad I am sure he knew the immense love you and your Mum had for him,and he knew you were there in spirit. Run free little man at Rainbow Bridge. R.I.P Coco Xxxx

So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you.

gord thats even choked me up so sorry for your loss run free fella  
and congrats on your next chapter in life marine

so sorry for your loss  
Rip coquin x

RIP Coquin , they leave pawprints on your heart forever  

Ah Marine I'm so sorry   RIP Coquin, run free xxx

Rest in Peace Coquin

His time had come, Marine - please don't let your sorrow cloud your memories of your happy day.