Rollo Six Years Old

Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd turned six years old on October 12, 2024. However, we were at a wedding in Chicago, so we had to miss his birthday. We celebrated when we came home. In the past we’ve put a funny birthday hat on him. Unfortunately, he hates hats so this time I took pictures without a hat. To celebrate Rollo’s birthday, I am posting 20 photos I took of Rollo through the years, including some with our late Leonberger Bronco. If you’ve been following my blog, you will have seen many of these photos already but not all of them, certainly not the ones I just took.

The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd eating a small cupcake from someone’s hand.
Rollo eating a pupcake from our daughter’s hand. A pupcake is a cupcake for dogs.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd with his mouth close to a piece of bread.
Rollo reaching for a piece of a pupcake on the sofa.
A mini-Australian Shepherd wearing a blue party hat. He is not looking happy.
This is an old photo from his fourth birthday. He is unhappy with the hat.
On the left there is a big Leonberger dog bending his head down to sniff a small mini-Australian Shepherd lying on the grass.
Rollo almost six years ago. He had just arrived at our house. Our Leonberger Bronco is welcoming Rollo.
Our mini-Australian Shepherd is lying on the grass and looking into the camera.
Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy.
A Leonberger dog is standing behind a small mini-Australian Shepherd puppy. The photo is taken from a kitchen.
Our Leonberger Bronco with little Rollo.
A mini-Australian Shepherd puppy lying on a blanket and looking into the camera.
Close up of Rollo as a puppy.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd puppy biting his harness. He is being held by our daughter and he is looking straight into the camera.
Rollo on his first walk. It wasn’t really a walk. More like carrying him around the neighborhood.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd puppy peeking out behind a red sofa and looking straight into the camera.
Rollo peeking out behind the sofa.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd puppy biting an orange volleyball.
Rollo playing with a volleyball.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd rolling a soccer ball.
Rollo rolling a soccer ball.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd biting a Leonberger’s tail.
Rollo frequently bit our Leonberger Bronco’s tail, and he even swung in it like a swing. He climbed all over Bronco. Bronco was very patient with him.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd looking into the camera. He is next to a chewed-up shoe.
When Rollo was young, he loved chewing shoes. Here the artist is posing with his art.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd in a playpen with water and toys.
When we left the house we put Rollo in his baby jail for his own protection. We were afraid he would bother Bronco so much that Bronco lost his patience. Rollo ended up loving his baby jail. It was his own special house and no one else was allowed in.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd standing next to medical equipment and a paw covered by bandage.
When Bronco had a toe amputation and we had to change his bandage every day, Rollo helped out. He was a dog nurse.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd showing his belly to a large confused Leonberger dog looking into the camera.
Rollo liked to play with Bronco. Here he is asking for a belly rub.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd and a Pug and young woman in between them petting them both.
Our daughter with our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo and Pug Daisy.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd sitting in a stroller.
Sometimes there are scary sounds and Rollo wanted to sit in the stroller we bought for our Pug Daisy.
The photo shows a mini-Australian Shepherd on the left and a Leonberger dog on the right.
Two friends.
Daisy tells Rollo : ”On the left is our Pug Daisy and, on the right, our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo. They are both looking out the window. Rollo do you want to hear a joke?”. Rollo says “OK”. Daisy says “Knock! Knock!”. They both says “Woof! Woof! Woof!”
Daisy our Pug and Rollo are watching something from the window.

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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

73 thoughts on “Rollo Six Years Old”

  4. Rollo seems like such a sweetie! Too bad he doesn’t enjoy wearing hats, he looks absolutely adorable with one. And pupcakes are a great idea — the dogs can feel involved, even if they’re not allowed to eat real cupcakes!

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    1. As soon as you put a hat on him he knocks it off with his paw. But that’s life. You are right, the pupcakes are a great idea. The interesting is that people can eat them too but they are best for dogs.

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      1. How funny!!! That’s a puppy for you…adorable yet challenging. And he still is in some ways, isn’t he? I can relate. I have 2 special needs cats. And one other that’s always in trouble. I’ve definitely got my hands full. 🤣 But we love them anyway, don’t we? They are our babies. 🩷

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    1. Thank you so much Diane. He ate a lot of shoes. My wife got really mad one time when he ate her new high heeled shoes. Once when he was carrying around my shoe and I met him in the hallway, he stopped and stared and me for a couple of seconds. Then he turned around and tiptoed back to where I had left my shoes. He put it back next to my other shoe, turned to correct way. Then he tiptoed off. He knew exactly what to do, perfectly.

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    1. Thank you so much Gwen. With that photo I think I capturing him in the right moment. He knew he was not supposed to chew shoes and and I caught him in the act. For a while we had to place all our shoes high up, or we would lose them.

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  29. So sorry to have missed the celebration! It looks like Rollo enjoyed his birthday, especially since you decided against the hat. 😆 He was such an adorable little puppy! 😍 The size difference between Bronco and Rollo reminds me of the movie, “Twins”, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito played brothers. 😀

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    1. Thank you so much Debbie. He currently has a cone of shame of because he extracted a tooth yesterday. He hates it as much as he hates hats, but he has no choice about this one. I remember that movie. It was funny and very entertaining.

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