Swimming!

Today Rocky went swimming for the first time! Usually he waits on the banks of the bayou while the other dogs play but today he plunged right in after them - must have been the warm spring weather in Houston.

The dog ate my homework!

Rocky is showing an interest in finance at a young age - today he munched on David's homework!

Happy Valentine's Day !!!!

Happy Mardi Gras

Rocky really seemed to enjoy his first Fat Tuesday.

Super Sunday

On Super Bowl Sunday Rocky turned 8 months old and weighed in at 34 lbs (see updated growth chart). He celebrated with some BBQ pork rib bones as he cheered the Giants to victory!

Rocky's First Christmas

Rocky's first Christmas was filled with adventure! He traveled 3,361 miles visiting family in Atlanta, GA, Hartsville, SC, and Pittsburgh, PA. He met his cousins, Sonny, Ben, Cassie, Millie, Molly, Tess, and Shadow. Though he loves all of his relatives it's clear that Rocky holds a special place in his heart for Millie. David's sister, Kristen, who is in her second year of vet school met Rocky and said that he is definitely an Australian Shepherd and not Rottweilier as we had thought. Here are some photos of the highlights of Rocky's journey North.






Rocky at the New River Gorge, West Virginia.... Rocky gets "body slammed" by DLG at the river house near Clemson, SC ..... Rocky and Shadow play in Pittsburgh, PA .... Rico impersonates Jesus using Rocky as his lamb.

Christmas Lights

Tonight Rocky went on a ride around Houston to look at Christmas lights. He even traveled 40 minutes outside the city to the Prestonwood subdivision, famous for it's themed Christmas light displays (http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17556112&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532256&rfi=6) This is a picture of Rocky at one of his favorite displays "The 12 days of Christmas - Texas style".

Rocky's visit with Santa

This morning Rocky and his friends Rover and Kady had their pictures taken with Santa.

New Tricks

Rocky shows off his skills

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .

Rocky celebrated the start of Advent by helping to wrap presents!

Texas Hill Country

Rocky spent his first Thanksgiving hiking and camping in the Hill country of Texas. Here are some of his favorite photos from the trip!

From the top:

1. Gorman Falls in Colorado Bend State Park -Rocky's first hike. The falls are comprised of Travertine (calcium deposits) so they will continue to grow with time.

2. Rocky on the Colorado River 3. Rocky riding in the back of the X-Terra,

4. Rocky and David in front of the waterfall

5 months old

Today Rocky turned 5 months old. Look how much he has grown!

Happy Halloween!!!

Rocky dressed as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan for his first Halloweeen!

13 days of Halloween

Rocky,dressed in his new bandanna, prepares for his first Halloween by watching spooky horror movies with DLG.

Baby Geologist

When David asked me if I had seen Rocky's latest project I wasn't sure what to expect - please please not my leather purse I silently pleaded. He directed me to the backyard where I came across an eight inch hole and a pile of oysters!. It seems little Rocky dog has spent the past few days practicing his paleontology and excavating molluscs from the sediment.

The hole . . . and a mollusc shell.

Problem Solved!

For the past few weeks Rocky has been exploring the area underneath the house. While I'm not sure what or who else is under there he sure is interested! This wasn't really a problem at first ... at least not until he learned that he could walk under the house all the way out to the street and freedom! Ever since he has become quite the socialite paying regular visits to all the neighbors.

Yesterday afternoon David solved the problem with a quick trip to Lowes! Now when he puts Rocky out before bed he won't have to worry that he's out on a midnight adventure!

David's handiwork!!!!

At lunch today Rocky lost another tooth! This time from his lower jaw, probably another pre-molar, (P4) on diagram below.

. . . carry a big stick