ROSCO BUSHELL
July 2006 - December 2018
This is the official Obituary of our first love Rosco Bushell. Cody bought me Rosco shortly after dating because I told him that I had always wanted a dog.
Cody bought Rosco from a dog breeder in Southern Utah. Remember the TV show Wishbone? Rosco was his grandson. He had the best genes and we loved to brag about his bloodline. I remember Rosco was the puppy who was biting all the other pups. This puppy loved to bite. He was constantly biting your fingers and he pretty much didn't ever like to be put down.
When we brought him home he met his best friend Remington Cody's big golden lab. Remmy was not exciting about a puppy in the house but he was always so patient with him. Rosco did not want to sleep in the little box we made him with his blankets and dog toys. So I had to rock the dog to sleep! It was like having a newborn.
He also had an obsession with this monkey toy when he was young an would suckle it like a nipple.
He was so hard to potty train because he was so stubborn. He always thought that he was the alpha dog from the beginning. Even though he was my dog he only responded to Cody.
His first tricks we taught him was "pretty dog" where he would roll over and show his belly. If you didn't have a treat in hand he would not do the trick. His most prideful moment was when he killed a pigeon in our backyard in Las Vegas and ate the whole thing.
He was a pretty good dog until we started having kids. He was so jealous and did not adjust well to having kids around. He would chew up their binkies, tear apart their diapers and destroy every toy that touched the ground. It took him a long time to realize that he was not the only one we loved anymore and soon found that they were the best fun to play with.
He has been following around the kids ever since hoping to steal some food from their hand or drop balls in front of them in hopes that they would want to play.
His favorite things to do was camping, fishing, swimming, chasing birds, digging holes, getting into the fridge, and playing catch.
Rosco has been suffering with some kind of hernia or tumor in his stomach for the past 4 years. We didn't have the money to get him treated and it has gotten worse over the years and caused him pain and he walked with a limp for about a year. He started to seem to be getting better so we decided to wait to put him down even though we had accepted that he had started to age.
On Tuesday December 4 Rosco woke up with a neurological disorder and it was causing him to not be able to see straight and he couldn't walk. His eyes were going back and forth and he was very delusional. He did not want to eat or drink and he was very lethargic.
Cody and I had finally accepted that he couldn't live with this condition. I had been planning on getting photos taken of Rosco so that I could have a wall photo of him but I didn't know he would take a turn so quickly. We put him down on December 6th.
Cody took him to the vet and Rosco gave him one final kiss before he peacefully went to sleep.
Even though it was such a sad and stressful time I am at peace knowing that he does not have to be in pain anymore and that he is in doggy heaven. During this time it has given us a way to explain to the kids about the atonement and how are able to see each other again after we die because of the Savior.
We will always remember our first doggie Rosco Bushell.
XOXO
These photos were taken on his last day of his life.
