Rocky is the unofficial mascot of Incline Village on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, this book's setting. Also voted in Best of Tahoe, Most Adorable in the Doggie Featherweight Class (2-10 pounds). He is an unusually observant and insightful Toy Schnauzer. Spending most of nearly every day with his Pops, he really watches. Watches people. Recognizes their personalities and behaviors, good and not so much, and hears the stories they tell, from the tragic and the humorous, to profound discussions of life. This is the story of Rocky arriving in Tahoe as a pup from a farm in Utah, and learning about the joys of simple life as well as the deep aches of senseless tragedies. Of his unwavering support for his Pops, who fellow humans know as Nick, and the two women, Mary and Jess, who each become his beloved mother, of his disfigured little birdie buddy, Beakster …. and, of course, countless other bipeds his sweet spirit touches.