Rocco, the Roan Lagotto Romagnolo

Snippets of the life of Rocco the Roan Lagotto Romagnolo. The Italian Water Retriever who loves cuddles, sunbathing, and sprinklers.

Rocco is a ball of fun and love... a bit too excited sometimes, but always loves his pets, and he loves a game of chasey. He is more of a silver or grey coloured Roan Lagotto Romagnolo these days.

We knew he was going to be our pup from the first time we met him, as when we first held him he gave us a lick straight away. We chose each other, and he continues to be an affectionate little doggy.

Roan Lagotto Colour Changes

The colour change for a Roan Lagotto Romagnolo is different for each dog. Here is an overview of Rocco's colour change.

Brown White Grey Silver Roan Lagotto Romagnolo colour changing over time

Hairy colour changes of Rocco the Roan Lagotto Romagnolo

Rocco's Diary

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy portrait with his head next to a big white garden pot

9 weeks old. Day 1: Welcoming Rocco to his New Home. He was very excited to stick his head in an empty pot in the backyard. We had to keep him away from the stale water that had pooled in there.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy running around exploring green grass happy with wagging tail

9 weeks old. Day 1: He is a very confident and adventurous Roan Lagotto puppy from the get go, sniffing everything corner of the backyard, and roaming through every garden bed.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy inside garden bed surrounded by leaves exploring

9 weeks old. Day 1: Rocco has no fear - exploring and sniffing his new environment non-stop, he and his excitedly waggly tail knows no bounds! These sweet potato leaves didn't know it yet, but they never stood a chance against future Rocco.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy sleeping on big dog bed inside pen surrounded by toys

9 weeks old. Day 2: Rocco the Lagotto taking a well deserved nap in between sniffing and training on an adult-sized dog bed, which is inside a fairly large pen. The spaciousness worked against his potty training though, so we started to crete train him, which led to improvements.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto lying down on grass sunbathing

9 weeks old. Day 3: Roan Lagotto Rocco sun-bathing. A favourite past-time of his that he would maintain, even as he gets older, and when it would be over 38°C outside (over 100°F).

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy sleeping on his bed outside cute

9 weeks old. Day 4: Lagotto Rocco missing his comfy bed, which is now drying outside as he had relieved himself on it, at least twice by now. The material of the bed makes it very hard to notice any wet stains without touch, or checking the damp floor beneath it.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy sleeping on a plush white rug

10 weeks old. Day 5: Rocco the Lagotto napping on his fresh and yet to be soiled plush rug piece surrounded by his new sniffing toys. He took instantly to the sniffing toys and found most, if not all, of the hidden kibble. I'm finding it very hard to not take photos of him sleeping, as he is very cute as I check to make sure he is still breathing.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy curled up inside a small round dog bed

11 weeks old: Lagotto Rocco fell in love with this small round cuddler bed that our neighbour gifted us. He's a bit big for it, and as he grew, he tried his best to curl himself into it because he enjoyed it so much. Unfortunately he outgrew it quickly.

silver grey brown white roan lagotto puppy sitting on grass chewing on a stick

14 weeks / 3.5 months old: Rocco the Fluffball Lagotto is chilling, chewing on his sticks.

silver grey brown roan lagotto at the beach with sand on his face

18 weeks / 4.5 months old: Rocco the Water Retriever Lagotto enjoying the sun and surf at the beach... but especially digging holes in the sand and sticking his head into them. He was a bit scared of the waves coming in, but enjoyed chasing another dog out into the shallow waters.

silver brown roan lagotto dog park excitedly playing and chasing other dogs

5 months old: Rocco at the dog park excited to join the pack and to run around and sniff everything, particularly other dogs' butts.

silver brown roan lagotto serious look surrounded by toys

7 months old: Rocco has a roan brown and silver Lagotto coat at this point, surrounded by all the toys he seldom plays with, but the tiny soccer ball is the flavour of the day and he loves playing tug and fetching it. He eagerly wants to play and say hi to every other human and their dog at this stage of his life.

brown roan lagotto photo with a maltese shih tzu tongues out having fun

9 months old: Rocco enjoying some play time with his Maltese Shih Tzu friend. The little one was not too happy earlier when Rocco walked right over the top of him with his long legs.

silver grey roan lagotto shaved short haircut lying down on bed

10 months old: Rocco after his first shave down, feeling violated, and looking extra slim without all his hair.

silver grey roan lagotto lying down on a plush blue blanket

12 months old: At one year old Rocco the Roan Lagotto's brown coloured head hair is fading. He's chilling at an inconveniently high foot traffic area in the house.

silver grey roan lagotto on a long lead for training at a green grass park

13 months old: Rocco the Lagotto, now looking pretty grey and silver, being an unwilling unparticipant in some long lead training at the park. If he could have his way, he'd happily just run around aimlessly exploring the whole park untethered to his humans.

silver grey roan lagotto digging a hole and sticking his head in it at a dog park

14 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto at the dog park partaking in one of his favourite pasttimes, digging a hole and sticking his whole head into it for a long deep sniff. Yet another hole for his human to fill.

silver grey roan lagotto playfighting with other dogs

14 months old: Rocco enjoys initiating play with other dogs, and is enjoying a rough playfight here - something he will eventually grow out of.

silver grey roan lagotto standing on and playing with a yellow ring dog toy

15 months old: Rocco the Lagotto playing with his favourite yellow ring toy, he carries it with him everywhere and occasionally brings it to his humans so he can play fetch with it.

silver grey roan lagotto playing with a puzzle toy, sharing it with a golden retriever puppy

15 months old: Rocco the Lagotto sharing one of his puzzle toys with his Golden Retriever puppy friend. Rocco plays really gently with tiny pups or smaller dogs.

silver grey roan lagotto swimming in water in the river

18 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto sharing a non-alcoholic beverage with his doggy friend Maple. He use to try to hump her as a younger puppy, but thankfully he has grown out of that untactful behaviour.

silver grey roan lagotto shaved down and enjoying a run in the field

18 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto running free in the grass after a shave down, wishing he had all his hair back, and how his ears feel all funny and different now - forever twitching, trying to bring back the sensation of his hairy ears.

18 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto enjoying a swim in the river. After a bit of continuous jumping through non-shallow waters, he started swimming out into deeper waters by himself.

silver grey roan lagotto playing with another dog curiously sniffing

18 months old: Rocco making a butt sniffing friend by the river. Ever the curious cat, Rocco is sniffing and licking mystery bits stuck to the top of this toppled tree.

19 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto's smiling happy face, which he'll greet you with when it's play time, or hugs time. Today he had a big walk. Long walks with lots of exploration and sniffing are his favourite.

silver grey roan lagotto carrying a pokeball toy in his mouth

21 months old: Rocco the Roan Lagotto with one of his favourite indoor toys. He loves carrying his little Pokeball toy throughout the house. Sometimes he loves it so much it becomes incredibly damp with dog slobber, at which point he loves to place it into the lap of an unwitting human.