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Rocky is very alert to the tiniest signals you send out and may attach herself to cues you give, not because of training but because she has observed your habits. Thus, you may be sending messages she picks up without your knowing it and she can surprise you by being ahead of your game. If you vary your routine -- or hers -- it can be confusing and you might wind up starting all over again from the beginning. Rocky likes her world in order, and once you have ordered it, who are you to make a change in her life? That's how she feels about it, anyway, and she may not tell you but her actions will speak louder than words. Behavior is very important to Rocky, most particularly yours. If you miss a beat, she'll remind you.

Rocky's sheer personality sometimes outruns her brain, so you may have to calm her down a bit to get her to understand what you are saying. Get physical first, then get mental -- that's the order she likes it. Once you've got that settled, you're both speaking the same language and you can talk.

Faithful and fearless should be Rocky's middle names. Not foolhardy, mind you, but very sure of herself when push comes to shove, not confrontational, just gets her way. If Davey ("Know you're right, then go ahead") Crockett had a dog, Rocky would have been the one. She'll follow you to the Alamo, and beyond.

Rocky probably cares a lot more about how you arrange things than you might think. For her it's everything in its place or she'll tear it up and let chaos reign. Of course, what seems like chaos to you just might be her version of order. She'll be particularly good at obedience training and performing specific tasks, but only if you are very consistent with her. She may be on the finicky side in what she opts to participate in, with strong likes or dislikes, sometimes with a fine line between them. For that same reason, she can understand your peculiarities and fit in with them more than some humans you may know.

What you see, and hear, is what you get with Rocky because she doesn't divide her loyalties, or even her opinions. She's all there, 100% of the time, and totally up front about it. That also means she never stops, or lets go, until she finally falls asleep, and her personal attachments are total. This one will go down with the ship trying to save the last family member.

Rocky is quick off the mark, a dog of action. Although that makes her the first with the most, she can also get ahead of you when you're not ready for it. That can get her into accidents or confrontations that she acts on in a microsecond while you're still surveying the situation. Sometimes, holding her with a tight lead is wise.

Rocky has a deep well of feelings that is never fully tapped because she expresses them with such ease. Warmth and enthusiasm flow readily, but without spilling all over the place as with some dogs. You can depend on Rocky coming up with a quiet but original way to show how much she understands you, but without making a huge display of it.

Training Rocky can be an adventure unto itself, with more than a few surprises. When you think she'll zig, she zags. Predicting her moves and her moods may be difficult, but it won't be boring. She's at her best when coming up with new tricks you didn't intend to teach her.

If you think all Rocky thinks about is having a good time, you're probably on the mark. Nevertheless, she's very creative in finding ways to do it, and if you're looking for something to do, just ask Rocky. She's got a steady head and thinks like a leader, even if she may not bother to act on it all the time.

It's hard to tell sometimes whether Rocky is a deep thinker or if maybe she doesn't think much at all. She can seem very serious, but since she doesn't let on, it's hard to tell what, if anything, is going on. Well, give Your Dog some credit for a little gravitas, because once she gets her mind set, she won't let go.

Rocky has her head in the clouds half the time, and the other half she spends looking for them. This may not make for the most accomplished dog, but that's not why she was put on earth. She's your ticket to your dreams, perhaps through hers, if you let her bring you up to cloud level even half the time.

Rocky believes everything will come out perfectly in the end, and she acts like it. She has a lot more faith in her understanding of the world than you may, but then you're not a dog, so you don't know. If she seems clear on what she's up to, why not give her the room to prove it? she's onto something bigger, and it's onto her.

Lavish affection and a generous appetite go hand in hand for Rocky, so lay it on thick in both directions and you get it back in kind. No one enjoys a fabulous feast like Rocky, so feel free to improvise and be creative, don't just pour it out of the same box all the time. Try it, you both might like it -- luxury is the key.

Don't be surprised if Rocky's eyes are bigger than her stomach. In general, she's likely to have a large appetite for life that can lead to overdoing it and getting herself into trouble. That could include jumping up on people and kissing them like mad -- don't stifle the impulse, just keep it in check.

It doesn't take much to please Rocky, who can make little pleasures go a long way. The same goes with appetite, so if she doesn't always gobble everything up, don't take it necessarily as a problem. She may also be a little reticent in the affection department, so when you want love, ask for it, she's sometimes too polite to offer.

Rocky means well and can be very sweet-tempered, even though she's sometimes clueless about what she really wants from you, or from anybody. There's a bit of the lost soul here -- not sad, but just wondering what's up from the inside out. Just when she thinks she's got it, it eludes her again. Just give her another taste, she needs some leadership.

Rocky parses out her energies more carefully than you might think -- if she were human, you would say she was a bit of a control freak. It's just that she knows exactly what to do next, and next, and next. It may not make a lot of sense to you, but when you get her rhythm, you'll be way ahead of her, to her surprise.

Rocky has a slingshot sort of energy that can pretty well whip her around the property when she's in go mode, after which she'll come to a full stop for some time. Once she's run her course, let sleeping dogs lie for a while or she'll get cross really easy. It's demanding being a dog, particularly at high speeds.

Picking her fights can be an issue for Rocky, and she could pick a lot of them and regret it before she gets the feel of what she can really get away with. So in part, it's your job to keep her out of confrontations that aren't necessary and sublimate that competitive spirit into something that's creative and positive.

Dogs born during this year learn their lessons and mature in secret ways you don't always see. The switch from puppy to adult happens without your really knowing how or when, and new traits surface as if out of nowhere. Rocky takes a special inner pride in this, and when she displays something new she's been working on in private, give her lots of kudos.

Rocky may find it hard to decide whether to stretch her bets or fold and wait for the next hand, so she tries to do both and neither, which can get very confusing at times. She'll learn something halfway and then abandon the effort when something spooks her. Or, she'll head into new territory without considering the risk. Be a wise advisor to her.

Independent learning will teach Rocky more than dog school ever will, although she'll cooperate well enough in what you officially want her to know. She has a way of reaching out and discovering things that makes her a well-rounded dog indeed. Dogs are always doing something, and this one uses every minute to good advantage.

Separating what you are actually trying to teach Rocky from what she may imagine you are can be a bit on the confusing side. You ask do you understand that and she replies yes, I don't. So you try again, with maybe a little more progress or a little more silliness. She can't help it, it's all the same to her, and probably should be to you, too.

Rocky recognizes authority only when it clearly comes from above, so playing God with her will probably strike a happy chord for both of you. Proper behavior has to come fromwithin, and it's up to you to inspire those inner limitations. Rocky should think all commands are universal and don't merely come from a competitor.

What Rocky does in her sleep and what she faces in real life may be hardly even related, and waking up from an exciting dream can be disorienting and even a bit of a comedown. You can't compete with her fantasies, but you can make her real world every bit as fun as what she envisions. Still, wake her up slowly.

The aging process works well with Rocky, and getting older just makes her feel better about herself, more in touch with the world. She's truly an old faithful, or will be when she gets old, and tangibly embodies the qualities that loyalty and repeated support of living together bring as time goes by.

Rocky develops things in her sleep. Really, she does. You can see her mind at work when she's napping, and some of her most precious traits are inspired by what she experiences there. Ask her what she's learned when she wakes up, and she'll show you -- sleeping dogs never lie.

Rocky may do as much socializing in her dreams as she does awake -- watch her closely when she's sleeping and see what she does. She's got the natural sixth sense that dogs generally do, but she experiences it more strongly when she's in the company of other animals, whom she picks up on.

Part of Rocky's innate power comes from being right, and having a rough, down-to-earth philosophy that people in her birth era have a lot to learn from. If there's one thing to pay attention to, it's that dogs don't lie, at least not without a lot of training. Usually dogs emulate their masters, but sometimes, maybe, it's their own better instincts that triumph.