Cosmo loved all light and shadows.  She lived for late afternoon light, flashlights, reflections, someone reaching out to pet her and creating a shadow on the floor.  She loved to watch CDs being put in the CD player.

She loved to shovel snow and play frisbee.

But most of all she loved agility.  It took her 5 years to get her Starters title, but then just 2 to get her Masters.  She put everything into every run, plus a little more for the A-frame.  She caused George no end of grief when she would go off course to be with her beloved obstacle.  And when the run was over, she would run back into the ring just to be with the A-frame.  Her agility career ends with just 2 legs left on her Agility Trial Championship (one being Team Relay with her faithful partner Blue - sorry Blue) as well as being one of the top agility dogs in Canada (okay whe was well down the list, but she did make the list), which is pretty good considering that George almost gave up training her in agility in the beginning because she kept falling off the dogwalk while watching other dogs.

Cosmo also liked to watch agility.  From out tent at the most remote point around the field, she would sit at a trial all day and watch every dog run, like down when each dog hit the table, and growl when the dog did something wrong.

Cosmo, in her lifetime, ate a couch, a door, and a faux leather recliner.

Most people just know her as the lunging, growling set of teeth on the end of a tight leash.  But she was always gentle with us, and even let our son Basil put his finger in her mouth and count her teeth.

But I think my favorite memory of Cosmo is from a confirmation and obedience trial in Belleville, where she showed up at the obedience ring after walking through the crowded confirmation aisles, with a tuft of black fur in her mouth from some poor dog's behind.

Cosmos died at home, after spending a week in hospital from complications due to Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  We will miss her craziness, her obsessions, her love of life.  We will miss her bringing the frisbee back for Caper.  She was a good dog.