Oh, you want the long story? Here goes...

We adopted Lucy in the spring of 2018. Sight unseen, and largely on a whim. Our good friends Andrew and Michelle were looking to adopt a dog and somehow found one they loved at a foster in Oklahoma. Andrew decided he was going to fly to OK, buy a car, and drive back to Oregon with their new dog. While he was there, he sent us a video of what was to be their new dog playing with another foster dog and into frame runs this little white French Bulldog trying to get in on the fun.

Carmen responded with "is that Frenchie available?" 
- "Yep"
Carmen texted me "Should we adopt this dog?'
- "Sure, why not?"
And just like that, Andrew had 2 copilots coming back from OK with him. 

When we got her, she was pretty underweight and kinda filthy, coming from living in a foster home with many other dogs. The foster was also a French Bulldog breeder and Lucy was considered "not show-worthy". I suppose with her tiny little legs, she wouldn't meet breed standards anyways. 

In the 5 years we've had her, she's been amazing. Super fun, goofy, adaptable. Zero respect for personal space. Follows along on whatever adventures we throw at her. 

Last summer, when we returned home from a camping trip, she got out of the car shaking and drooling. We had no idea what could be going on, so we rushed her to the Vet ER. There, they told us she had aspiration pneumonia. Look it up. It's gross. And, it should be noted, potentially fatal. They held her for 3 days to get her stable and put her on a run of antibiotics. She came back around and was doing ok for a while. She lost a bunch of weight. Then, it happened again. 2 more days in the ER. And then, again. 2 more days in the ER. The vet initially thought it might be a hiatal hernia which would require surgery. They decided to do an endoscopy and find the root of the problem. Fortunately, it was not a hernia, but they did find a myriad of gut and nutrient absorption issues.

Ultimately, they were able to pinpoint the problem(s), figure out a treatment plan, and our girl is back on the up and up.

As one might imagine, several nights at the vet ER, endoscopy, and all of the subsequent follow up visits is quite the pricey proposition. Some might call it financially crippling. Some might have had to make the choice to say goodbye to their friend. We chose the financially crippling route. 

Asking for help is hard and asking for charity is harder, so we thought - what can we do to generate some funds to get her back on her feet and keep her there? Well, we've got a little bit of rosé that wasn't in our initial wine making plan for 2022. Let's bottle and label it up and put the proceeds toward Lucy! That way, anyone that wants to help our girl out also gets a bottle of great wine for their troubles! 

Thus Pig Missile Rosé was born.

This rosé is a blend of Zinfandel from Conner (now Faatoaga) vineyard with a little bit of Grenache and Syrah in the mix, as well. All fermented and aged in stainless. Bottled under user-friendly screw cap.

Our friend Michelle (of the adoption adventure fame) painted the label for us. Look her up @foxheartart. It's almost certainly the best label we've ever done.

If you're not a rosé drinker or live in a state we can't ship to but still would like to help, we've set up a gofundme here. I mean, you probably want the wine though, right?