Another Member of the Family

When we had Forest, we always thought it would be nice to get him a friend. Then, he died and we got Roxie. Roxie was with her brother at the Humane Society. Somebody adopted only him. How could someone leave her behind in a kennel? We knew we'd get a friend for her one day. We knew we wanted another big dog and a male as to make sure we avoid any fights. We were keeping our eye out on Craigslist and petfinder.com.

A few days ago, there was an ad on Craigslist for a AKC golden retriever. Almost 1 1/2 year old, male, well behaved and absolutely gorgeous. It turns out we were one of many families that inquired about him. He was meant to be with us as we met him today and brought him home.

His name is Rocko, which Rocco is also my nephews name. We have Roxie and Rocko. It's actually getting really confusing and we may change his name later. We call him and she comes. We call her and he comes. We can't keep it straight. He is a total love. He's still a little excited and unsure tonight as I'm sure he's confused, but I know in a few days, he will settle into his new routine.

His previous owners needed to find him a new home as they also have a Doberman who was starting to dominate over him. The husband wanted to keep the Doberman. Score for us. Rocko is just so sweet. He's our third retriever and we finally got one that fetches! Roxie is fine with him. We thought she'd be happier to have a friend, and she probably will in a few days when they get used to each other. Roxie is a lot older and their energy levels are quite different. David said it was like night and day walking them.

On a side note, on our way home from getting Rocky, we were turning onto the main road (highway) in Chino Valley. We had a green arrow and green light. The car next to us went a little faster than we did as David was going slower as Rocky was standing up. A car plowed right through the red light and the car next to us T-boned it. It was like slow motion watching the truck swerve in front of us and then correct itself. It was a pretty bad accident and we were all a little shook up. Literally, half a second later and we would've been hit as well. If David had been turning, Emily would've got the brunt of the entire accident. Me too, but I was in the back with Rocky instead of the passenger seat. As it turned out, not a single piece of flying debris even touched us. We stopped to make sure that nobody was seriously hurt and then the police and ambulance got there. We drove off breathing a sigh of relief and thanking God that we were spared.

Here's Rocko playing ball with David. It looks like he is playing football with Ben and runs right by him only to fumble, retrieve and then score a touchdown