Rockford the Dog
Songs & Audio
Rockford is a friendly brown dog with a crooked tail. He can’t remember why his tail is that way, but he thinks it’s got something to do with how he arrived at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Rockford’s first owners hadn’t been very nice to him and for a while, he was very nervous around humans. He loves Moog dearly but, as a young dog, he is still capable of naughtiness and runs off occasionally, but he usually comes back quickly.
Rockford tends not to say very much, which he finds usually works.
Story Role
Rockford follows his nose into adventure and, by accident, becomes the first living dog to arrive on the Island of Infinity, a place where only extinct creatures belong.
When his paw print is mistakenly recorded in the Fossil Record Office, it sets off a chain of events that puts all dogs at risk of permanent extinction, and one by one they start to disappear from earth. Suddenly far from home, Rockford and his owner, Moog, must find the courage to uncover the island’s secret.
Rockford appears in two adventures: Lost on Infinity and The End of Infinity.
Cause of Extinction
Did You Know?
Dogs were the first domesticated animal Scientists believe humans first domesticated wolves more than 15,000 years ago. Dogs helped humans hunt, guard camps and provide companionship.
A dog’s sense of smell is extraordinary Dogs can detect scents thousands of times better than humans. Some trained dogs can even detect illness, storms and changes in human emotions.
Studies have shown that dogs can learn over 100 words and gestures, which puts their intelligence and understanding of us on a par with a two year old. However, dogs are much easier to train than a two year old!