Pet profile: Cosmo

At last we have a new pet profile! Stalwart volunteer Josh's dog Cosmo takes the limelight this week. We love Cosmo - he is so soft and gentle. A little deaf, but I think that adds to the "adorability."

Name/nickname: Cosmo, 'Smo

Breed: English Springer Spaniel
Age: 13 years old this month
Owner: Andrew and Josh
Loves: Ice cream, steamed milk, almost all human food, laying on silk pillows, eating while laying on silk pillows, walks at the beach
Dislikes: Dexter the evil parrot, carrots, olives, being left alone
How long have you been visiting P Garden? Since about 5 months after the garden was started.

If you see us at the garden: Cosmo usually stays pretty close to the action, always ready to help finish any snacks and pose for photos. He doesn't like his owners to get too far from him, so he ambles around wherever they are working in the garden.
Bio: Cosmo was confiscated from a puppy mill in the east bay when he was 11 months old, and had a very brief stay with the Springer Rescue folks before going to Josh and Andrew's house, where he hit paydirt. We don't know anything about his early life, but it must have been pretty traumatic, so he's got issues (don't we all?), but he copes with them pretty well.
Cosmo knows every store on the hill that offers dog treats, and suggests that you patronize them.