Rocky

Sometimes I wonder about Rocky's past. We dogs can't really talk about about things like that between ourselves. We can communicate, but only about stuff that is happening right now. I watch him though and I think that his life before here wasn't very happy either. I doubt it was as violent as my past, because he is still pretty and perfect. No scars. But he does some funny stuff that tells me he had a tough time.

Mom says he was considered unadoptable because he was 'nervous'. He is a nervous nilly, that's for sure, but he is getting more confident every day. And he is very gentle with people, so I don't know why that would make him a bad pet.

He is jumpy like a horse. He startles when things surprise him...good thing nobody is riding him. And if someone, anyone, big or small, puts their hand over his head to pet him, even really slow, he cowers down like someone is hitting him. He tucks his tail when he is unsure of the people around him. When a lot people are around, he stays by mom. Of course he always stays by mom, so that's nothing new.

So I don't know, what happened to him to make him so nervous, but I'm glad he is doing better. Maybe he isn't so dumb, maybe he just doesn't know much yet. I heard mom say that he was in the shelter for a long time. I never spent much time in the shelter, I had a foster family after I healed up. So I don't know what life must be like in the pen, but I'm guessing he didn't have much chance to learn about the world.