born  4/3/2005

Rocky aka Rocky Baby, Rockaroni, Rocko

Rocky is such a beauty.  This little guy is so playful and could care less what the other puppers want, he just knows he wants to play and on his terms.  The first day we brought Rocky home, he immediately buddied up to Marcus.  Now this is really funny because Marcus considers himself the alpha male and only allows the other puppers to sit near him when he wants them too.  Rocky however just ran into the bedroom and immediately laid down next to Marcus.  He would stretch out and hog the bed Marcus has laid out next to the dresser.  Marcus took it all in stride and allowed Rocky to snuggle up next to him, drag his pillow around the room, and plant all his chew things on Marcus'  bed.  The females are less then impressed with this little furball.  Rachie, my service dog, showed teeth whenever Rocky walked passed her, he was not impressed.  Kimmi would show teeth and growl if Rocky so much as wagged his tail when she was around, and poor Brandy  wags her tail like mad, and Rocky thinks this is a play toy and tries to attack her tail whenever he can.  The puppers at first thought Rocky was some sort of walking appetizer and tried real hard to get a taste of Rocky.  Rocky was totally oblivious to all this...he just wanted to play and thought they did too.  When Rocky wants to play he waves his little paw like mad, just like Fancee did.

I have a rather large son Rocky likes to think is a mountain to climb.  He runs across this shoulders when he is sitting on the couch, and crawls all over him like he is an accomplished mountain climber.  He likes to "kiss" my husband on his bald spot.  Every time Dan lays on the floor, Rocky stares at his head then licks his head like it needs a good cleaning :)  He also likes to play tug-o-war with Dan's socks (brave dog).

Recently while Rocky was outside, Kimmi kept running past him and Rocky thought she wanted to play, so he started to chase her when she stopped dead and swung around and knocked Rocky into the pool.  I don't know who was more surprised, Rocky or Kimmi.  Kimmi turned around, looked in the pool and bounced away.  Rocky was not all that impressed with the unexpected swimming lesson.

I will post more as Rocky gets older and keep posting more pics as I take them.  I plan on taking Rocky to the park soon, and cannot wait to see how he likes that

Rocky is now a year old.  What a character he is.  Rocky has so much fur we call him a Parka with legs.  He still loves to play like he is just a little baby.  He loves to attack the brush after you brush him out.  He will lay on his side paws waving and snarling, or lay on his tummy while tucking hi legs under him so you cannot attack them that way.   Ice cubes have become his best friends and worse enemies.  When you crack the ice cube trays he snarls and barks like he is going to kill them.  He runs from the kitchen to the den through the dining room then pounces on me.  However if you give him the first ice cube after cracking it, he is very happy.

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