Dogs For The World!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Hello Fellow Doggie Friends,

I think life with Rocky is just GREAT! When I come home from school tired, drained and stressed, his warm greetings never fail to warm my heart and lighten my load. A few minutes of ball-play with Rocky helps me relax. Walking him gives me time to re-coop which rejuvenates me for a round of homework after a long day of lessons and hockey training.

The best times I had with Rocky are;

Watching him dig for rocks at the beach. Whenever we bring Rocky to the beach, he’ll head for the sand and start searching for a rock to pick up. Then he’ll drop it near our feet indicating he wants to play fetch. He often anticipates our throw and would start off even before the rock leaves our hand. He also runs super fast. If we throw the rock into the water, he’ll jump in fearlessly.

Seeing him bury his rock in the sand. When Rocky tires of playing fetch. He will dig a hole and bury his rock. Sometimes he cheats by dropping the rock into the hole my younger brother dug. Then they will fight for ownership of the hole. My brother always wins as he throws the rock a distance away, making Rocky go away from his hole. However, Rocky is quite determined and would repeated bring the rock back to my brother’s hole. That gives my brother a taste of having a younger sibling to bother him.

Laughing at him barking at the waves. Rocky has this enmity against waves. He would stand a distance away from the water and bark whenever the waves hit the beach. Maybe he thinks the loudest contestant bags the prize. Its funny to see him so agitated with nature.

Playing ball with him. My favourite past time at home, besides playing computer games, is to play ball with Rocky. He can catch a ball in mid air, bounce it off his nose and even untie knots to get to his ball (when we tie it up in a towel). He loves playing hide-and-seek with his ball too! We sometimes tricked him with fake throws and then hide his ball. He would go around searching for it till he finds it. Other times he would guard his ball by placing a paw on it. He would snatch it away with his mouth when we try to take it from him. We even try to take it from his mouth in a kind of tag-of-war.

Getting him to lick his nose. Rocky loves to mimic us sticking our tongue out. He goes even further by licking his nose with his cute little pink tongue.