Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004
From: Jim, Cherina, Rocky and Liberty
Subject: Happy Holidays from Rocky and Liberty
Season's Greetings from Rocky and Liberty
We thought we would let you all know things are still going well with our
Rocky and Liberty. As you know the day after we brought Rocky home Jim had him
out for a walk of several miles. Everyday since the 3 of them, Jim, Rocky and
Liberty put in 2 walks a day anywhere from 2-5 miles each walk. As a result
Jims arms are now 6 feet long. So far Rocky is not showing any signs of
discomfort or wanting to quit. He is very eager to go all the time. He appears to be
a perfectly healthy fellow. I have read some of the notes from the vet in
Bellevue Animal Shelter and I am not sure why he felt Rocky had hip problems
because he sure it not showing us any problems. What you don't know is they take
their walks down on the Interurban trail her in Kent. Soon after we got
Rocky Jim felt the cab of his truck even though it has a little extension was to
small for these giant mals so he modified it by taking out the passenger seat.
Now there is plenty of room for the three of them and none for me. Oh well
don't say we don't pamper our pets.
As you heard two weeks ago they did get into a fight in the middle of the
night with Liberty getting a little bit of the short end. She did have her vet
appointment already scheduled that day so they looked over her wounds which
were a few little punture marks and we have been giving her anitbotics since
then. She is doing well and does not seem to be scared of Rocky in any way as a
result. Since we were
asleep we are not sure what caused to fight but I thought it might be over a
toy since Liberty had a stuffed animal and Rocky had been eyeing it. So off
to Value Village I went and got a bag full of stuffed animals. Now we make
sure there is always two toys out. However the other day Rocky figured out how
to carry both in his mouth at the same time. Later Liberty walked by and
without stopping grabbed the animal out of Rocky's mouth and kept on going. Smooth
move that girl of mine has.
Liberty and Buddy used to play on the back deck, running back and forth
having a great time. She had tried to get Rocky to do the same but so far she had
not had much luck. I tried a few times and I get him going for a few seconds
but that it. Hopefully he will catch on to the running and wrestling thing
because she likes it and it is fun to watch them play.
Rocky is a real love. He looks so goofy with those floppy ears. Does not
look like the mals but he sure does have their sweet temper. WAMALS website is
correct they are not good watchdogs. The other day the mailman brought me two
packages and I thought this would be a problem since they were in the house.
Not at all those two lazy guys were laying on the living room floor with the
front door open as if nothing was going on. They could care less. I guess if
we do get robbed those two will probally show the thief where the good stuff
in hidden.
Matt I am trying to get pictures for you. The roll is almost done. I will
get a CD as
well a prints so I can e-mail everyone pictures. The e-mail will come from
my hotmail which is CherinaC@hotmail.com since I can not get this AOL
attachment figured out.
Everyone enjoy the holidays
Jim, Cherina, Rocky and Liberty
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004
Hi Matt and Jodi. I was so happy to hear from you. I had sent out an
update on Liberty around Christmas time but your's was returned to me
undelivered. So now I have your new e-mail and can enclude you in since I
know you love our Liberty so much.
Thanks for the reminder about her vacinations. Our Vet had also sent us a
reminder and she will have those tomorrow. Several weeks after we brought
her home we took her to the vet along with the paperwork you had sent from
Clearview and they entered all her important info into their records. We
also had her microchiped at that time. Don't want to lose our lovely
girl.
She is one very very happy camper. It took her awhile to get used to her
new home and settle in. Think some adjustment needed to be made from
kennel life to a home again. Within the first few days she had knocked
over all my potted plants on the deck spilling plants and dirt so she
could play with the pots. I now know I will only have hanging baskets
from now now and when she wants new toys all I need is a plastic pot. As
you know she is a digger as evident by 3 hole in the middle of our
backyard. Typical mal. You can't get mad at her she is just so cute.
She just looks at you with those pretty eyes like what's the problem I'm
just a mal and so pretty.
Every morning and evening no matter what the weather Jim takes her and
Buddy on their walk. Each walk is at least 5 miles. She had no problem
adjusting to that and loves it. Usually in the morning after their walk
Liberty and Buddy play on the back deck their favorite place. They spend
another 30 min or more running up and down the deck and wrestling with
each other. Poor Buddy usually is the one who ends up soaking wet with
Liberty slobbering all over him. Once in awhile she lets him get the
better of her.
We have found we have had to Liberty proof the house. Put everything up
high or she takes off with it and chews it all up. Already gone through 2
remote controls and Jim's glasses. Our fault for leaving them in her
reach. She and the cats are doing ok. Our oldest one is not to happy
having her around but he deals with it. The youngest one is scared of
Liberty most of the time but is getting used to her. The problem is
Liberty wants to play with Sissy and of course can't since she is so big.
Poor Liberty just can't understand why this cat does not want to play like
Buddy does. It does get interesting trying to keep track of the 4 animal
and making sure they are all getting along.
Attached are a couple of pictures we took when she first arrived. I hope
I managed to do the attachment right. I am still trying to figure out how
these computer work. Your Happytails site is great. So nice to see these
dogs find a great home. I still check out the dogs on the WAMAL site and
wish I could have all of them.
Take care Cherina and Jim
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