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<DIV><FONT size=3>Happy 12th Birthday to our wonderful Rocky and any of his
littermates that are still with us. I believe that Pumpkin, Rainy and
Patrick are but I don't know about the rest of Ellie's 12 puppies (except for
Newman who left us a short while ago and our Lexie who we lost about four years
ago). Rocky is the sweetest boy ever and in spite of all his medical
problems, is a happy boy boy with a great appetite. It's hard
to believe we have a hard time keeping weight on him since he loves to eat but
he is holding steady at a little over 50 pounds now and even though he is very
skinny and people probably think we don't feed him enough, he is still our
goofy, lovable Rocky. He loves his acupuncture treatments and even his
friend Maddie who we adopted for him after we lost his littermate
Lexie. Maddie is so much like Lexie - she bosses him around all the
time. But he seems happy with her and so all is good.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Carol</FONT></DIV>
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