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My Pet Coco

Deepak Razdan

18 April, 2026

Coco knows exactly when I get up in the morning. So, a few minutes from 7 am, he stretches his legs and starts sniffing around my ears. I know I have no more time to stay in the bed.

He sniffs hard near my neck and face, and his air blows want me to hurry up. Nobody can take the cold rub of a pet’s nose for long and have to get up. When Coco sees I am up, he moves to the window near my bed to look outside.

His seat is a pile of cushions I have kept for him. He keeps moving his head so that he can take a full view of the world from our second floor.

This gives me about five to seven minutes to begin my day. As I take out milk and bread from the fridge, Coco moves to the drawing room floor, his legs together and straight, and head resting on them. His eyes are focused on what I am doing and he knows well how soon his breakfast will be ready.

Coco finishes his first meal of milk and three toasts without taking a breath. For some days, he is taking a calcium capsule. He knows exactly from where I take it out, and powder it before mixing with milk.

Always in a hurry, he once picked up the folded paper where I had kept the calcium powder and swallowed it with some paper. He knows his Papa’s routine and does not want to waste any time to go out for his morning walk.

Coco’s day at home is demanding. He can sleep or play, as per our mood. He can relax on his bed or divan in the room. But he cannot be ignored for long.

Coco starts pulling clothes in his reach, if he is on leash, and not given any company. If left free, he moves from room to room, and waits when he can have some biscuits or other goodies.

Among fruits, he wants to have a banana, but doesn’t know what to do with it at first. A piece of apple is also a puzzle for him. He plays with it for some moments before chewing it up or rejecting it.

Lunch time, he knows he has to be where he can watch the kitchen easily. His Mom or the domestic help prepares his chapatis. The smell makes him delirious. He knows he will get a cup of curd in the meal, but he must jump and see if it’s being put in his bowl. Dinner for Coco is also a quick affair.

Coco welcomes if he is given a wet towel bath. He likes the rubbing at back, chest and armpits. But if it is a regular bath with shampoo, it is a struggle. I lock the bathroom inside so that he cannot run away.

Even here, rubbing of soap on the back, chest or legs is okay. It is the face that must not be touched. Once the water part ends, he welcomes the dry towel. After his bath, he gets a couple of biscuits before going out for a walk.

Coco’s antics at home are no less entertaining than his walks outside in the streets. He takes a hard look at people who visit our home and then decide if they are okay.

If a domestic help wears a new sari, he takes more than one look at her and then sniff the clothes, as if saying he had not seen this one.


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