One, two, three times I saved Rocky. But not yesterday. I couldn’t.

I wrote those three sentences the day after I had Rocky, our dog, put to sleep. It has taken me a year to come back to this post and finish it. Here it goes:

One, I rescued Rocky from the Houston Humane Society (http://www.houstonhumane.org/). If you want a pet, I encourage you to go there, or SPCA, or anywhere there are animals in need of a home. These organizations do the best they can to find homes for orphaned animals. There are too many of them. Rocky would have most likely been put to sleep because he was a big dog and about one year old. Thank goodness I found him.

Two, when Rocky was about 7 years old, our vet removed a cancerous skin growth from his belly. It bought him 6 more years.

Three, In January of 2009, Rocky had major surgery to remove a large mass of non-malignant fatty tumor from his abdomen. Dr. Hallie Moore at Oak Forest Veterinary Clinic is the most amazing veterinarian. She spent hours in surgery with him, and definitely saved him from a lot of discomfort and pain. The fatty tumor would have eventually killed him if she had not removed it. She gave him almost two more years of a good quality life. I highly recommend her practice:  http://www.oakforestvetclinic.com/staff

Sadly, in October of 2010, we had to say good-bye to Rocky. He was with us for 13 years. We will never forget him.