Rocco

We rescued Rocco in October 2017. We just purchased our first home with a huge fenced in yard. I grew up with basset hounds and knew when i owned my own home i wanted to get one. We picked rocco up in new jersey (we live outside of philly). He had just turned 1 in july and he was still very much a puppy. We bought him everything you can imagine that was basset hound friendly. The first night i slept on the floor with him he would pace the whole night. He did this for a few nights until he became more comfortable with us. Eventually he slept in his big cozy bed each night for 8 years. He was already house trained and he was the biggest snuggler. Rocco and myself would snuggle for hours on the couch. We had our son in July 2022 and when we brought him home Rocco would always lay right next to him. Rocco was 8 years old when he passed January 2025. He died suddenly from a tumor we had no idea about and stopped breathing on his own. We will miss him terribly and our house right now is missing a huge piece.