Rocky finds a home

It wasn't long after Rocky's profile went up on the Weim Rescue site that people started asking about him.
The first was an artist from Marfa, TX looking for a companion. He was also looking at three other dogs. He ended up adopting the first dog he looked at. Meredith was actually happy, since Marfa is a long way away and would be less likely that we'd see Rocky at any local Weim events.
The second inquiry was only a few days later. A family from nearby Dripping Springs was interested in meeting him.
The rescue had arranged to have a Meet & Greet event this past Saturday, with the gracious support of Dogadillo, a really cool local pet store. This Meet & Greet allowed interested adopters to see some of the dogs, make donations to support, or to pick up dogs they had arranged to adopt. We had arranged to meet Rocky's adoptive family at the event. The family immediately fell in love with Rocky and he seemed to get along well with their other Weim. After a visit to their home and filling out the paperwork and briefing them on care, Rocky went for a walk with his new family and we left with mixed emotions. Happy he found a new permanent home that will love and care for him and sad because we'll miss having this happy lovable dog around to brighten our lives.
Lucky for us the adopters are close and have promised to bring Rocky to Weim events and meet ups, so we'll get to see him again.
I'd like to give a special thanks to Hip Hounds Doggy Daycare, who understands the importance of fostering rescued dogs and were gracious enough to give us a large discount for Rocky's daycare on the couple of days he was there. They are incredibly cool people and really care for the welfare of our companions. The are located very close to the Round Rock Dell campus and even offer a discount for Dell employees.

On another but similar note. The Weim rescue is in desperate need of donations and foster families. They are close to capacity to the number of dogs they can accept from shelters and other rescue efforts, some of which are "kill" shelters. The recent destruction of hurricane Ike has also increased the need for foster homes in the Houston area. So it is important that they receive donations for the care and shelter of these incredible animals and foster families that can host dogs until they can find their permanent homes. And of course, finding adoptive families for the dogs in the rescue and foster homes.

Rocky!

Meredith got a call a few weeks ago from Weim Rescue Texas, which is the rescue we adopted troy from. They had a recent crisis with a sudden influx of dogs and two litters of surprise puppies from two of the dogs in the rescue. They had a dog in San Antonio that was in need of a foster home and they asked if we could help out. We've been thinking about getting Troy a playmate and this seemed to be a good opportunity to try it out. So after a little discussion we agreed to help out.
So in comes Rocky. Rocky was a stray that was picked up in San Antonio and the the people who found him contacted the rescue. Poor guy had been beat up in a dog fight with a bloody ear that looked like raw hamburger, had a bunch of spots of ringworm on various parts of his body and pretty underweight. He has callouses on his elbows and back legs evidence perhaps that he was kept in a confined space for long time...maybe his whole life.
He had a trip to the vet for a once over and treatment for all the ailments and a little snip-snip of the testicles.
Meredith went and picked him up and she just about had her heart broken. Poor little guy really loves people. Nuzzled right up to her with this pathetic "save me" look. He was a little tipsy from the anesthesia and a bit damp from the bath to kill the ringworm fungus.
For the first week Rocky wasn't eating. We thought at first that it was because of the recent operation or perhaps he was used to eating garbage or hand-outs from strangers.
After a liberal helping of canned wet dog food mixed with the regular dry food (which we soak in water) he's been eating well and putting on a little weight.
Troy seems to get along with him pretty well. Lot's of wrestling and roughhousing with the occasional growl from Troy over Rocky getting to close to his bone (which we promptly take away from him).
We took a trip to the large public dog park. Rocky absolutely loved it. Might possibly have been his first trip ever to a dog park. The next day was his first visit to doggy day care. He was a big hit there with all the staff. The socialization with other dogs has really been good for him.
Everywhere we take him people are interested and think he's a great little lovable dog. A tech at the vet was very interested. Some of the staff at doggy day care really liked him. Even the little kid down the block has practically fallen in love with the little guy.
People always ask if we're going to keep him. We've learned that one dog is plenty for us. Rocky needs a good home with lots of loving.
We have no doubt that he'll get adopted pretty quick. We'll miss him of course, but know that someone out there will really appreciate this loving and adorable companion.