Rest In Peace

At 2PM today, Rocky succumbed to an aggressive form of Cancer of the Lungs. He was the best boy ever and I love him so much.



A supplement to Saturday; Thank you to everyone that has posted, sent a direct email, or mail. Your words are so very comforting.

In summary, Friday morning I took Rocky one of his two favorite places to go - Seneca Hill Animal Hospital. He so loved to go there - they treated him like their own. There they recognized what was going on. We transferred Rocky to SouthPaws Referral and Emergency Center where he stayed the night. By the next morning, he was in further distress and rapidly deteriorating. I was with him to the end as he crossed the rainbow bridge around 2pm EST.

Welcome Fitus!

Puppy Fitus and his family are from North Carolina... hundreds and hundreds of miles away and they came just to see me!!



Fitus is also from Germany, we sprechen sie same language!!



I told him I was the boss, and he didn't even argue!



There he is sitting in the background! He was running around the yard at such speeds, really now! Such a puppy!



You can see me sitting next to my Dad and Fitus's little girl that Fitus protects. She was showing me wild strawberries she found!



She was so cute! She let me play with Fitus's wool ball! I tried to bury it in the yard, but I was distracted and every time I put the ball down, Fitus picked it up!

By the way, have you noticed someone is missing?? Little miss Mati made her appearance, gave some loving to everyone and then went right back to bed! Sheesh!

Thanks to Fitus and his family for coming by!!

Love, Rocky and Mati

In Loving Memory

Chica - April 1992 - March 6, 2009

If Love is all she needed, she would have lived forever.









People that are like us, people that have amazing quadruped kids are not amazed at the deep bond that exists between parent and child. Our kids are ever loving, kind and faithful. They provide us unlimited comfort and companionship. They look up to us and we only hope we are the people they think we are.

They are our family.

We are saddened by her passing and our sympathies go out to Robin and Ken

3 and a half months!

Oh gosh, we did it again... 3 and a half months passed by and what do I have to say for it? :-(

We hope everyone is well...

Both Mahti and I have had our ups and downs through the season. I would go to the doctor, then Mahti would have to go. Then I would go again, and then Mahti would go again. Now I'm having trouble going down stairs almost as much as going up stairs. So what do you think Mahti has been doing? Now when she goes down stairs, she pretends to go down slowly and gingerly --- oh puuulllleeeaaaase! Mahti might have turned 14 last month, but she's a spring chicken! Well, in any case, it's awful nice of her to pretend like she's not well.

Dad says we're taking over his glassware cabinet....



I don't knw what he is complaining about - he's not the one who has to take the darn pills!

And then while Dad was in his car (not mine), guess what he saw?! Yes, two Sibes in the back of an Outback! (Not just any two Sibes, it looked like Am and Zim! What are they doing in Virginia?) I wonder if they were on their way to see some snow? I wish I was there, I would have told Dad to follow them to the snow!!



Well, outside of that, Dad says he wants to go on a diet. You know, Rabbit food. Yuck! I told him to go to the store and look for the "diet" isle. He came back with donuts! He took this picture to explain: (you might have to enlarge the picture to read the sign)...



We miss you all - big tail wags and kisses to everyone! -Rock

One Foggy Morning at Fort Belvoir....

One Foggy Morning at Fort Belvoir, we stopped to contemplate life...











Everyone is well. I continue to go to physical therapy and Mati has a small spot on her leg that bothers her. We otherwise are well and continue to move through life the best we can. Thanks for everyone's emails and previous posts!

XOXO to the Super Ao4, Handsome Pippa, Lovely Lorenza, Super Joe, Pretty Sophie, Cubby, the Ferndoggles, Guinness and Shiloh, Steve Kat & Wilbur, Jazz & Dixie, Ben, and to everyone else!

Love Rocky

Life's Lessons

Number one: Keep your Dad or Mom from crossing the street at the wrong time.




Number two: Take time from your busy schedule to give thanks and contemplate life's mysteries.


Number Three: Give thanks to those who serve on your behalf...


... and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Physical Therapy - Part One

As promised, here is a pictorial of my under water treadmill - Physical Therapy session...

Here, Dad is helping me slip into my safety harness:



Then we had a surprise visitor! It's Chica Bonita!! Chica and I are buddies! You know Chica from here as well! (I once stole an artichoke pie and Chica ate it. We are good team mates like that!)



In the tank I go...



waiting for the water to get to the correct height and the exercise to begin!



And we're off and running! (Ok, just walking...) As you can see, the water is a little high today - to help me since I've been a bit sore lately.



Here you can see I'm doing 1.8 MPH at the 7:55 mark...



Overview perspective...



Hey! There's Chica!



Done! Now, just waiting for the water to drain...oh ho-hum... There's JoAnn in the background making room for me to get out and dry off before the Acupuncture session (A later pictorial).

Hello All! We're back!

Shoosh! What a couple of months it has been. So much to say and so little words!

Here goes: Dad has been busy (enough about him). Mahti and I have been rather busy ourselves! Mahti is holding down the fort as always, and most times quite literally. Gosh she sleeps a ton! Sometimes I have to go wake her up!

About me: (Isn't it always?) Still doing Physical Therapy (see our next blog for a report including pics!) and doing ok with it. I had a little setback recently and had to cut back on my walks *ouch!* I *LOVE* my walks! Well, Dad says we can still go, we just have to stay on the grass and walk at a pace that is good for me. We had all kinds of tests done too. Dad stayed with me the whole time too, what a troop-ah. More on that will follow.

About the girl: She's sleeping. Enough said.

Cherry Blossoms 2008: Unfortunately, the Blossoms were not in full bloom when we took the pictures, not to mention it was raining the other morning :-/




There's the famous Memorial Bridge in the background...



....and some crew going by...






And an abstract action shot!



And then here we are in front of the John Ericsson Monument. (I wasn't giving Dad a kiss, I was telling him a secret).



Thanks again for stopping by. Look for our next post on my Physical Therapy session!
Love Rocky
xoxo