Happy Tail: Rocky overcomes hard times

You have to wonder why a well-mannered and gentle dog like Rocky ended up in a shelter. It was about four years old when he was taken to the control animals Marshall County Alabama. His hair was matted, and he had been shot with a pellet gun. Will he be separated from his people when traveling? He simply wander away from home, not to be discovered? Your person dies and a survivor hit with a pellet gun? Any speculation.

One thing was certain: he had ways, rarely barked and house trained. Had a good family, apparently at one point, said Lynne Robinson, who adopted him in 2014.

Dog Lynne, Mazda, his partner in life, had died shortly before and was inconsolable. "I was not sure if it was a good idea to get another dog, just after the loss of the Mazda, but I knew that having another dog to love help me with my pain."

He looked at Petfinder and when I saw the photo of Rocky, she knew he was the one. He was favored by South Furever Friends K9 Rescue while recovering from his injuries.

“My sister rode with me to pick him up,” she says. “He sat in her lap on the way home, but he never took his eyes off me. It was as if he knew I was his new mom.”

Based on the way he acts, he wonders about his past. "He loves that band practicable and prefers to be walked instead of going to the fenced yard. I think he lived before not to have a fenced yard. He loves to be walked twice a day, and I think that I was used to that schedule. "

The first night in their new home, Lynne encouraged to stay in bed "Then I turned and stroked to sleep, he jumped out of bed and slept in a dog bed that was on the floor. I think where I lived, were not allowed to sleep in the bed . "After several months, she convinced it was the right to stay in bed all night.

Another thing is certain: Rocky Lynne relieved the pain. "My only son is grown and live on their own and my parents died. When Mazda died, my pain was almost unbearable." She and Rocky saved another.