by Jackie Overholt
I had Rocky for 17yrs., he was my Protector, my Best Friend I always felt I had a special connection with him. He always seemed to know what I was feeling, he was my shoulder to cry on who didn't give un-wanted advise. When my daughter was born he protected her too. He gave me so many years of love and happiness I only hope he knew how much I loved him in return. The morning he passed on he waited for me. I had finally made the decision that I never had wanted to make, I knew I had to put My Beloved Rocky to sleep. I was stting beside him that morning petting him and talking to him telling him that he would not hurt anymore and that he would see his old friends that had passed on before him. He barked three times and then left my life. I believe that Rocky gave me one last gift. He waited for me to be there with him when he passed on and he left on his own not making me be the one to send him on. I thank him for that. Rocky had lost the use of his back legs about the last 2 months of his life, so when he would have to go do his thing I would help him by holding him up. Some may think I crazy doing that for a dog but he was my baby and I felt it was my job to take care of him untill the end. He was laid to rest on an old bedspread of mine that he used to lay on with an old robe of mine that he loved wrapped around him, I bought a white angel bear pin and placed it on his robe. My daughter who is 9 put her favorite stuffed bunny she has had since birth in with him. I miss him everyday but I'm glad to know he is once again running and with his old buddies. I miss you Rocky you will always be in my Heart.