Rosey, The Peace Ambassador to the University Park World Peace Rose Garden

Q: What’s your full name?
A: Rosemary Sage. I go by Rosey.

Q: Describe your personality.
A: Confident and caring. Since I work with over 1,000 students each year, I need both qualities. I can confidently enter a gym full of bouncing basketballs or a loudspeaker with cheerleaders and still allow hundreds of hands to reach out to me for a pet or look into the eyes of a student who needs some extra time.

Q: Where do you like to vacation?
A: The beach, where I can meet lots of other friends and run and run and run! However, I really want to travel to the MLK World Peace Rose Garden in Atlanta, Georgia, with my parents…but they haven’t let me join them yet. I’m three now…and I wish they would be better listeners.

Q: What’s your favorite park?
A: University Park World Peace Rose Garden. I have been going there with my family since I was eight weeks old. I make new friends each time we visit and sometimes we have extra special celebrations with kids and music. Those are my favorite. The Rose Garden has something there called a “leash law” that protects all the squirrels. I have yet to see a squirrel on a leash and they dig nasty holes and are very annoying.

Q: Do you have a guilty pleasure?
A: Playing chase in the family room. My parents are not very fast and I can run circles around both of them holding Chicken, my stuffed toy with no stuffing left.

Q: When are you most naughty?
A: Frequently, I’m not being a good listener on The Farm where we live and playing in the cow pasture while the irrigation is running. When my mom is all dressed up she gets all bent out of shape about this and then squirts me with a hose to “make me pretty.” Humans have no taste in fragrance.

Q: Current obsession?
A: When we wake up in the morning and my parents let me jump up on their bed for a long morning snuggle.

Q: Fave treat?
A: I found a new skill of knocking almonds off of the trees in the orchard! I jump up and hit them really hard with my nose; after they fall to the ground I can crunch right through the shell and eat the nuts. I am a canine nut harvester.

Q: Where do you get pampered?
A: Sycamore Lane Kennels Groomers. They are kind and gentle with me.

Q: Where were you born?
A: In Colorado Springs and lived with an awesome family who took me everywhere. One day, my brother Johnny Jet and I got picked up and we took a big adventure to California. Now, Johnny Jet lives on a nearby farm with my mom’s sister, and I get to visit him all the time. We’re best, best, best friends!

Q: Who are your parents?
A: Sandy and Kevin Huber of Lodi.

Q: Is there anything else you want to share?
A: I’m not just a pretty poodle—I’m here to help people feel calm, inspired and joyful. I attend assemblies, school visits and special community events to remind everyone that peace is powerful and kindness is contagious. I made my television debut at just six months old on Good Day Sacramento and was most recently featured on KCRA3 News at 8am. If you visit the University Park World Peace Rose Garden, look for me and ask, “Can I pet Rosey today?” I love making new friends and being a part of creating a more peaceful world—one pawshake at a time.