Boy! I sure get schmushed alot!

Hey fellow therapy dog lovers!

Your angel-friend Rocky had a fabulous day getting kissed, hugged, squeezed, tickled, petted, jostled, etc.....It all started because the day was very overcast and mom woke up tired as she had a wild fun night with a friend laughing all night long!! They were carrying on about the silliest things, watching movies on TV and laughing hysterically! Well, for once, mommy woke up late...after 8:00am ...exhausted and thought she was going to go swimming many laps at the gorgeous Santa Monica College Pool but it got so over cast and "icky" outside, she just said ...forget it. She went to visit another gal pal and they sat at the infamous corner of Washington Blvd and Pacific Ave at Starbucks! I feel like this corner is like the Beverly Hills Schwab counter coffee shop where Lana Turner became famous! Every time I sit there with mommy, loads of semi professional, non professionals and everyone in between takes loads of photos of me!! I should start charging for this! They were going crazy over me because I was in my army outfit and dog tags and mommy told them I was in active duty in the army and on furlough right now taking a break from protecting the USA's freedoms! Most people looked at me very seriously and took her at her word and thanked me for all my patriotic support!! I just took this all in and dozed on mommy's lap until the next group of lookers came to pet me, pull at me and treat me like a rag doll!

Then, mommy went out to dinner in Brentwood sitting outside with me and a guy friend at a great dinner spot called Spamoni's Italian Restaurant. The food is reasonable and delicious.
I got so much attention and mommy had brought my greeting cards to show this guy and before he showed up to meet her there she had the owner of the gorgeous boutique next door come over to pet me and saw my pictures and he bought some and so did the owner of the shop!! Mommy was so excited that she gave them a card to call her if they wish to carry them and buy more!!
The nice thing is everyone says I'm so calm, picks me up like a real baby and coddles me in their arms. It is actually very sweet and I guess this is emotionally therapeutic for them as they coo all over me!! Mommy just smiles and is so happy she found me and saved me from the trials of being a real show dog like my entire family...mom, Murian, dad "The Rock" , Sister: Tina and Brother: Larry. She was smart enough to take cues from me and make me a therapy dog which at least is rewarding to me. Also she is making me the next famous Frenchie!! My cards are starting to really go over well ...I only started going door to door with mommy two weeks ago and they're starting to take off. We're going to a street fair tomorrow morning before mommy shows an open house in Westchester and she is going to bring some more of my cards in a gift bag as it appears when they see the real me, they want my greeting cards immediately! Well, gang, not to worry: they will soon be on a web site and I'll let you know how to order then "on line". Mommy promised to set aside the money in my own "Rocky" maximizer account at Bank of America so I'll be a tax paying dog and member of the American Capitalist Society. We later walked on the bluffs of Santa Monica but it was so foggy we couldn't see. We were warned fortunately by a dog walker that 4 raccoons were in the trees and so I made sure to stay away from them.
We later left the guy friend and went to visit my God mother, Louise STeinberg. She is a great friend of mommy's and had done the neck fitting for my Count Dracula costume. They squeezed me into it and the velcro idea was perfect. At the Halloween parties for kids she is going to take hypoallergenic eyeliner and make the dramatic Count Dracula Eyebrows over my forehead so I will look quite formidable!

Anyways, I am about to snooze as again, being coddled, hugged and squeezed by so many fans is rewarding but also exhausting! You must realize Frenchies are lazy dogs meant to be lap dogs and humorous dogs who get huge bursts of frenetic energy and make people laugh and then "crash and burn"! So, let me crash already as mommy again has big plans at the Abbott Kinney Fair tomorrow morning at 10am and I must be ready for the onslaught of friendly strangers coming up to me and feeling my calm, peaceful, loving energy.

xoxo
Rocky the angel therapy dog!