It is with a heavy heavy heart that I write this post today. When they say a dog is a “man’s best friend” you better believe it because it’s the truth.
I’m very sad about the passing of my pitbull, Nema, on November 15th, 2021 and my shih tzu, Cozmo, on February 28th, 2022.
…it took me a while to muster up the strength to write about what Nema meant to me and I damn sure did not expect to lose Cozzy within a 3 month time period but here I am now…
I loved both of my dogs dearly.
Both of them meant alot to me because they had so much personality as dogs normally do.
Just when I was getting back into my groove with creating content I was hit with a devastating loss.
Just when I was expanding the 300toFreedom vision to teach 1,000s more people how to earn passive income online, I was hit with another great loss.
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Thank you, Cozzy Wozzy!
First I’d like to just say thank you to Cozmo because he was my first childhood/family dog. I thank you for the years you’ve given us King.
I thank you for your serious but loving nature. You’ve always been a very strong dog with a big heart despite you being a little guy.
I could see your dark brown puppy eyes looking at me now. You would sit there barking no matter how much of MY chicken that I already gave you.
Before Cozmo, my mother didn’t like dogs and never showed any interest in ever having a dog until one day she randomly said to me, “I want a puppy.” I was 17 at the time. I was shocked and excited at the same time because that was something I never heard her say.
You know Jamaican parents are usually against having pets in the home lol
Getting my first Pup...
Eventually we went to the Pet store with my dad and picked Cozmo up. We went to a pet store in Flushing, Queens, NY. He was a very fluffy dark brown mohageny- colored pup. He was so fluffy you could barely see his eyes. We Immediately noticed his playful and loving nature and wanted to take him home and we did.
I held him in the backseat the whole car ride home.
Over the years Cozmo proved to be the most serious yet protective dog I’ve ever spent time with. He didn’t like pictures and he wasn’t the type of dog to stay in your lap for too long unless you were massaging him the whole time. But he was a happy dog. He was very intuitive and great at reading energy. It was like he was in his own world and wanted to do his own thing but he was there when you needed him. Cozmo would come in my room and listen to me write lyrics to beats and sometimes he would even sleep until it was time for his walk. Half the time I didn’t know how he slept because I’d be making so much noise either making content or music.
You probably heard Cozmo barking in the background of one of my YouTube videos before lol
Cozmo, you will be greatly missed boy.
You gave us a great 12 years.
A very hard decision we had to make.
Putting you down on February 28th, 2022 was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make.
I didn’t want to do it. But I knew I had to so that you would no longer suffer, Cozzy.
It killed me inside to let you go but I realize sometimes the decision we don’t want to make are the ones we need to make in life.
…and honestly, the cold nature of the head “vet” didn’t help the situation either…
I remember thinking to myself, “there’s no way this lady owns a dog of her own.” Because she didn’t seem to understand. She had no compassionate bone in her body given the situation of having to put my dog to sleep. 97% of people in the veterinary field only are about dollar signs and could care less about the little loving hearts of these doggies, it seems.
She was just doing her job… that was all there was to it, nothing more and nothing less. Cold to say the very least.
…I never thought losing a dog would ever make me cry but I balled my eyes out since yours and Nema's passing…
I hate losing loved ones and those close to me. I don’t know how people cope with losing those they love. It’s an indescribable pain whether we are talking about family, friends, children, women, or pets.
I don’t think anybody can ever truly prepare for a loss like that. Especially if it was someone or something you truly loved.
The Story about how Nema became my 2nd doggy.
Nema was a beautiful golden coated pitbull. Her eyes matched the color of her coat. I mean this dog was so pretty that people would stop you just to talk to you and compliment her when you walked by with her.
…Nema was always apart of the family from a distance but she was owned by one of my cousins for most of her life…
MY DAD AND NEMA 🙂
I didn’t really know Nema aside from seeing her at a family get together from time to time. If you didn’t know Nema then you’d assume she was a mean dog because people were afraid of her aggressive nature.
… what I learned later is that none of those assumptions about Nema were true…
She was actually a very loving pitbull. Nema, you were extremely protective and wanted to make sure our family was protected. You were a big baby who looked scary at times but you proved that you meant no harm… unless there was a nearby animal on your routine walk route then God be with them.
Since my cousin had to relocate and could no longer take care of Nema, my Dad decided to take “custody” of Nema instead of having her put down.
It turned out to be a great decision.
Nema gave us a great 3 years of her life. She found a way to get more and more accepted by my dad who was skeptical about letting her roam around his home at first. Nema didn’t take “no” for an answer and I loved her for that. Even my dad’s girlfriend treated Nema like it was her child and fell in love with the dog.
Like Cozmo, Nema was very loving but the difference was she was a lot heavier and was not aware of how big she was so she would just sit on you and lick all over your face without a care in the world. She was also a lot more aggressive and catty than Cozmo. (Women…. LOL)
What can we learn from the lives of our pet dogs?
Nema and Cozmo taught me many things. But the most important thing they both taught me was: Unconditional Love.
I reflect on their lives today as I write this blog and I am grateful to have had and loved these “pups”. They have such loving hearts and such happy spirits that sometimes it feels like we don't deserve them.
…if there’s anything you will learn from a doggy best friend, it will certainly have to do with unconditional love. Rest In Peace in doggy Heaven, Nema and Cozmo. You will be missed forever. 
TOAST TO YOUR SUCCESS,
~Jonathan Belcher
