25 Things About Rocky

There is this thing going around Facebook right now of people writing notes of 25 Random Things about themselves and then sending it to other people so they can do the same thing. I couldn't think of 25 things about myself since, well, I'm just not that interesting... But I communicated telepathically with Rocky last night and he wanted to do one. So here are the 25 random things he came up with while hanging (sn)out somewhere between home and Falls Church (not quite the moon and New York City - but sure feels that way)

1. My name when adopted was Tirith.

2. Daddy changed my name to Rocky after a Pittsburgh Steeler player, Rocky Bleier.

3. My full name is Rocky Dawg Bleier

4. Rocky Bleier wore #20 for the Steelers. My Steelers jersey is a #10. So I'm a half sized Rocky Bleier.

5. Daddy also calls me Schtockomunn, The Munn, Little Guy, Baby Dog, and Stupid. All out of love.

6. I love cheese. And I can sense the opening of a cheese package from across the apartment while completely asleep. It takes me .3 seconds to appear in the kitchen next to Daddy when he is opening cheese.

7. Daddy put a padlock on his fridge to stop me from eating what was inside. I have taken deli meat, cheese, Thanksgiving turkey, leftover pizza, Indian food, and a bottle of grated parmesan cheese out of the fridge in the past for my enjoyment.

8. Daddy tried to give me beer once and I didn't like it. We aren't completely alike me and him.

9. My speak commands are "Holla Back Poochie", "Here we Go Steelers here we go" (2 barks), and "Do you want Sexy Girl Dogs".

10. Daddy can hold a treat above his head while standing and I can jump up and take it from his fingers.

11. I took agility class as a puppy and I was either the best in the class or the worst in the class depending on how you looked at it. When I wanted too, I was the fastest dog through the course. When there was something fun to sniff, I would veer off the course with no hope of getting back on.

12. I love finding fun stuff to sniff.

13. If you come into our house, the first thing I will do is grab my done and show it to you. Cause it's the best bone ever.

14. Fetch only works for me for the first throw. After that, it's more fun for you to chase me all over god's creation then for me to bring it back to you. What's the challenge in that? Retrievers are so dumb sometimes.

15. The first time I saw my reflection in a pool, I fell in. That was also the first time I went in water. Now I love going swimming.

16. I have escaped from 4 different apartments that Daddy has lived in.

17. I also have escaped from 6 different crates.

18. Daddy bought this collapsible crate that had no inner opening mechanism in his last attempt to put me in a crate so he could fly me cross country when we moved in 2006. I figured out how to collapse the crate and wriggle myself out anyway. Daddy is so stupid.

19. As a result of the above, Daddy traded in his convertible for an SUV and we drove cross country together. I peed on 11 different states- but none was more fun then peeing on the Salt flats in Utah!

20. Daddy probably should have named me Houdini.

21. My favorite thing to do when being scratched is to stick my face in the ground and put my rump in the air and then bend in half like a rubber band. It's a good thing I'm mostly muscle cause otherwise I'm sure that would hurt.

22. Daddy has sent me to 6 different daycares.

23. I don't like Falls Church very much and I want to return home.

24. My Daddy Misses me very much.

25. Please help me get home in any way you can.