ROSCOE: NEEDING A NEW PLACE TO SLEEP

The title of this weekend edition has been, for more than 14 years, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap.
This weekend, we are hoping to help a Sleeping Dog find a new and happy place to slumber.
His name is Roscoe and he’s been living with David and Della Wallace since October of 2018 when Della spotted him “running into oncoming traffic near Little Elm. Nobody even slowed down. I stopped and he got in my car, rather muddy, but friendly.”
Della explained back then, “I was on my way to buy lottery tickets. He won!”
Since the rescue, the teenage puppy has grown into a big dog and has won a place of affection in the home and hearts of Della and David. You see some of Roscoe's photos here. You can tell that he’s devoted to being the mythical “Sleeping Dog.”
 He clearly understands chairs.
Della once sent one of his sleeping photos and wrote, “He looks like an angel but he is faking it.”
 [LARRY NOTE: I like the colorful collar photo of Roscoe because the lighting gives him two shadows -- his ears are on the cabinet doors and his cute snoot is on the floor! He really looks like a smilin' happy dog in this photo!]
Well, after that daring rescue and after a few months of attempting to settle in, Roscoe has made it clear that he’d like to be an only dog. And Della, with a little bit of broken heart — David feels the same way — has decided that Roscoe deserves what he wants.
So, this nearly 2-year-old, 57-pound dog is available for adoption. To audition to adopt the rescued dog, email Della at dellawallace39@gmail.com.
  Roscoe recently had a dust-up with big dog Chewy — about 90 pounds. Roscoe is 57 pounds. Della says, “He is so sweet and I hate it that he has to leave, but I can’t keep him and Chewy, and Chewy was here first.”
Roscoe has his quirks. After his recent “boy” surgery, he wouldn’t wear the traditional Elizabethan collar, Della and David made him the colorful collar. 

“Normally Roscoe is a very sweet loving dog who likes to be petted. He likes to get on David’s lap and is just a love bug. He knocks on the door to go out and to come back in. I have no idea how he is with children. He is fine with our other dogs who are smaller than he is.”
[LARRY ASIDE: There probably isn’t a rescue soul who hasn’t had to juggle dogs or cats in the ol’ household. It can get to be nerve-wracking. But that’s why homes with only one dog or one cat exist -- saving the lives without conflict. It’s easier on the nerves. The dog and the cat will thrive and so will the human.]
As you can see from the photos, Roscoe is a dog of his own mind. Clearly he’s at home standing on the back of a couch, stretched out to sleep, flopped over to snooze or twisted into an afternoon nod-off session against the cabinet doors.

Don’t let the sleepiness fool you — Roscoe is an entertainer, too. Right after he moved in with David and Della, she wrote, “He’s an escape artist. He opens doors if they are not locked. Driving me nuts!!!  Steals socks and anything else he wants to play with. I’ve never seen a dog with so much energy and joie de vivre.”
Della is moved by this decision. “I know I have to do what is best for them. Chewy won’t come out of the bathroom even with the promise of a piece of pecan pie. I think Roscoe will adjust as we haven’t had him very long anyway. I’ll miss him😢.”

She wants him to have a happy home. He is loved. And he’s been well cared for since Della rescued him off the busy road. 
As rescuers know, each time you save one of these wayward animals, a sensitive part of your heart immediately has a new owner. And you don’t mind it one little bit at all. You’ve saved a life.
Give Roscoe a chance at a new, wonderful home. You’ll have the support of a couple of veteran rescuers/animal advocates who love him and want the best for sweet Roscoe. Email dellawallace39@gmail.com.
[REMEMBER, DEAR READERS, send photos of your sleeping dogs, napping cats, snoozing reptiles, yawning rabbits — do rabbits yawn? — or any other slumbering critter (maybe even a relative whose still on vacation at your house) to dallrp@aol.com and we’ll post the photo and the bio. You’ll be encouraging people to make room in their homes for beloved animals. You’ll also be encouraging insomniacs to believe that they, too, can find a place to sleep if they can just get find the right collar to wear to bed, or floor...]