ROSIE

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WE LIVED IN A SMALL HOUSE THAT DID NOT HAVE A WASHING MACHINE. ONE DAY WE WENT TO OUR NEARBY LANDRY AND FOUND A SMALL PUPPY . WE DECIDED TO ADOPT HER. SHE WAS A SMALL LABRADOR MIX AND A BIT LIKE A GREYHOUND, BUT NOT AS TALL OR SKINNY. WE LOVED ROSIE AND TOOK HER WITH US WHEN WE WENT ON HIKES AND WHEN WE WENT CAMPING. WE BOTH JOBS ONE SUMMER AT THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST AND LIVED IN A HOUSE IN TENANT. WE KEPT ROSIE ON A LEASH ON A CLOTHESLINE SINCE THE HOUSES HAD NO FENCES. ONE DAY SHE RAN OUT OF OUR SMALL HOUSE WHICH WAS HEATED WITH A WOOD BURNING STOVE. WE HEARD HER IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE. SHE HAD GOTTEN TRAPPED THERE ONE NIGHT. ONE OF US CLIMBED THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOW AND RESCUED HER. ONCE WE MOVED BACK TO PHOENIX WE STAYED IN OUR MOTOR HOME AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE WHICH HAD A LARGE YARD. SHE ESCAPED FROM THEIR YARD BY DIGGING UNDER THE FENCE. SHE ESCAPED FROM THEIR YARD AND WE WERE SO SAD! WE WENT TO TWO ANIMAL SHELTERS AND NEVER FOUND HER. WE ASSUMED SOMEONE PICKED HER UP AS SHE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY. WE HAD HER FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AND LOVED HER SO MUCH.