Rocko is doing fairly well, he’s got the appointment Monday with the acupuncturist. We’ve had a busy week baking, so here’s one of Our Favorite Memories to share.
Every now and then you read a story about a hero dog, one who woke up his family and got them out of the house just in time to escape a fire.
Rocko would do that if we would let him.
We had a semi-finished basement and that’s where Rocko’s people-brother had his room (teenagers, they just want to get away). Rocko had no interest whatsoever in going down there. The steps were open treads with nothing on the back and he was afraid of them. His people-brother had taken him down a few times and had to carry him back up. Eventually he just refused to go down and there never was any reason to make him do it.
One night Rocko’s people-brother woke up to a wet tongue licking his face. 90% still asleep, he just picked Rocko up and carried him back upstairs. Just about the time he laid his head back down, there was Rocko again. Once again, carried him upstairs, this time shutting the door so he couldn’t get back down.
I’m sure at some point Rocko came into my room and jumped on the bed, to which I would have responded by putting the pillow over my head and going back to sleep.
The next morning we all got up at the same time. Entering the kitchen, we heard the beeping.
The battery was going dead in the smoke detector and it was sending out a warning. Had this been a real fire, Rocko’s people-brother and I would have been in big trouble for not listening to him.
Ever since then whenever we heard about a dog who rescued his family, we would say “Rocko would do that if we would let him”.
In our minds, he was a hero for trying.
Just one of our favorite memories in the life of a senior dog.