Archive — November 21, 2007
Originally published on The Luxe Mix, November 2007. Recovered from the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine).
I can’t recall if I’ve blogged about my little Rocky but he’s a 3 year old Shih Tzu who my husband and I semi-adopted. He’s actually my sister-in-law’s dog who we started dog-sitting and it turned into a more permanent solution. We struggled for a long time trying to decide whether to keep him or not. We hadn’t planned on making such a big change to our daily schedules. Taking care of a dog is a lot of work. Think twice or 10 times! before you get one. But now, I am so in love with him I feel horrible for ever trying to give hin away (we actually tried a few times :)… Sorry Rocky!! Rocky doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. I’ve never met a dog who was so fond of people. Once I left him tied up outside Starbucks and I observed him from inside. Every time someone walked by I’d see Rocky’s tail start wagging away and he’d smile up at the person, but most of the time the person hadn’t even seen him and walked on by w/o a second glance. Rocky would just stand there tail wagging for a few seconds then finally trail off after he was alone again. He just repeated the same cycle over and over again. My heart twinged each time I saw Rocky greet a passer-by with no love in return. He was so happy-helpless! Absolutely no concept of dislike or rejection. Such a sweetheart. Meet Rocky. This is a typical spot for Rocky to hang out — the living room couch, waiting for my Mom to come and pick him up for the day (my Mom babysits Rocky during the weekdays). Now that you’ve met Rocky let me share with you a few of the dog beds I found in my search for Rocky’s perfect bed. I didn’t realize there was such a big market for dog beds. I found these here below at Simply Devine Finds.com. They were so cute but a little crazy. What do you think? The Bowie bed is adorable but just a little too cutesy for my room. At the same time, we have our suspicions that Rocky could be gay so this could be appropriate. Bowie Soft Bed Catnap Dragonfly Chaise Lounge Catnap Black Chaise Lounge So the search continues… Hit me up with some links to cute dog sites if you know any! Thanks!