Rosco

A couple of months ago, my oldest son turned 4. We went to the pound and adopted him a dog, that was his one birthday wish. The dog was a beagle/hound mix and we named her Aubie. Well, Sammy, my youngest son, decided that Aubie was more of a stuffed animal and he liked to drag her around by her ears. Well, I just could not have that for several reasons. Aubie was and probably still is a little angel. She was so needy for attention and love. Well, T-man was awesome about our having to return Aubie to the Animal Shelter. I broke my heart to hear him tell me that, "Sammy was just not ready to have a dog." I mean, come on, the boy just turned four! He already has this amazing compassion for others and life.

Well, for several days he would run in the door at the house to check if Aubie was in the back yard, and every time, she was not. About three weeks after his fourth birthday he had forgotten about Aubie and she was just a passing memory.

Then this beautiful, big ole baby came into our life...Rosco.

Jeremy found him out at the plant where he works, he was in danger because he had crawled under the fence and was inside BP/Amoco. Rosco was scared and very appreciative to be with Jeremy.

I get a call that there is a dog in our backyard, not be alarmed and he is a nice dog. That is all I get from my very, uhumm, informative husband! Well, turns out Rosco was only around 14 or 15 weeks old, we thought for sure he was at least 6-7 months old, we were shocked!

I am really concerned that T-man would get really upset if Rosco did not work out. For Rosco's first week, man things went great. He did not chew up anything, dig up anything, or bite and nip at the boys...he was home free and we were suckered into his scheme!

Well, the second week was quite different. He chewed up the feet and one of the arms to the cracker barrell rocking chair he was laying in in the picture above. He dug up all my flowers and began a massive hole by the concrete of the porch. He, by the third week we had him, weighed 28 lbs. Rosco is now around 24 weeks old and he weighs in at about 48 lbs.! He is a hoss! The vet anticipates him being around 70lbs. at full term adult life! He is a big baby and wants to cuddle up in your lap, at 45 lbs!