Jan. 26 Update

We had two sighting calls today - one at the intersection of Hillwood and Annandale near 7 corners. After a little follow up on the sighting, we have determined the dog seen was likely not Rocky since the guy calling in believed the dog he saw was "long haired".

The second call was from midnight last night (Sunday) - which means the woman did not get a good view of the dog. She did visit this blog after seeing Rocky's poster in the post office today and did think there were some basic characteristics of what she saw being a match for Rocky after looking at the pictures on the site. This sighting was at the corner of Lee Highway and George Mason, which isn't too far from the Saturday sighting. This would put Rocky in that area 2 nights in a row.

A few things we need:
- Postering/Flyering at the shaded areas on the map
- Posters/Flyers in Spanish. Anyone who speaks Spanish willing to do this?
- Calls to radio stations - if you are willing to help with this, please write daphne.levitas@gmail.com

Also, we are currently creating a volunteer list to help when we need to make calls for volunteers for searches or other activities. In addition, I also have the unfortunate circumstance of having to go out of town for one week for work starting this Saturday. As a result, it would be good to have as many possible hands on deck if Rocky is still missing by then. If you would like to be on this list, please send a note to testerdesp@aol.com and copy rockydab@yahoo.com with the Subject "Rocky volunteer". Please include your name and phone number in the message.

An amusing Rocky anecdote before I head off to bed: it hasn't surprised me in the slightest that Rocky has been running full speed in most of his sightings. Rocky actually really only has two speeds - stop and torpedo... based on the fact that he's like a little torpedo when he's running full speed towards things. One time when the Munn was a puppy, he was playing with a bunch of people in the common area of the housing complex with we lived in. One girl had on these fuzzy slippers that Rocky kept going after. Finally, she lost one and Rocky wasted no time in picking it up and racing around the common area full speed with it. One of the exits to this common area was a sliding glass door that led out to the courtyard - well, not realizing the door was closed Rocky torpedo'd himself full speed into the glass door. He immediately dropped the slipper, put his ears back, looked at me and started wagging his tail like he was in trouble. He wasn't dazed or hurt in the slightest. And that's my Rocky: resilient, resourceful, and durable... all things he's proven as much as ever over the last 3 + weeks.