Hi! My name is Holly and I am 12. In July my family drove to Colorado for our summer vacation. We stayed in a cabin in the mountains for five days and a motel in Colorado Springs for two, and everywhere we went, there were rocks. Really good ones. I picked up 23 of them and brought them home in my backpack, which is why my backpack has a hole in it now.

On the way home I gave every rock a name, and by the time we got to our driveway I knew all of their personalities. My dad said, "You know, Holly, we're not keeping 23 rocks." So I started the Pet Rock Rescue League. Every rock deserves a good home. Some of mine have already found one. The rest are waiting for you!

[ What Is a Pet Rock? | The Rocks | How to Adopt | Rock Care | Tricks | Hall of Fame ]

What Is a Pet Rock?

My dad told me about this. In 1975, a man in California had the idea to sell plain rocks as pets. They came in a little cardboard box like a pet carrier, with air holes in it and straw inside for the rock to sit on, and a booklet that told you how to take care of your rock and train it. They cost $3.95. More than a million people bought one, mostly for Christmas, and then everybody stopped, and that was the end of Pet Rocks.

Dad got one for Christmas in 1975 when he was a senior in high school. He doesn't know what happened to it. He thinks Grandma Mary threw it out. Grandma Mary says she does not remember any rock. (She just adopted Mrs. Higgins, though, so I think she feels bad.)

My rocks did not come from a store and they did not cost $3.95. They came from Colorado, and they are free. Except for Lucky. Read about Lucky.

The Rocks
Updated every time somebody adopts one!

Adopted: 5  |  On hold: 2  |  Still waiting: 16

How to Adopt a Rock

1. Pick a rock from the list that says Needs a home.
2. E-mail me the rock's name and why you would be a good rock owner. Everybody gets a yes as long as you're nice.
3. If you are family, I will mail your rock to you in a box with tissue paper and an adoption certificate that I made on the computer. My mom says I can only mail rocks to family, because of the postage and because "we don't mail rocks to strangers."
4. If you are not family, don't worry! You can do a Long-Distance Adoption. Your rock stays here on my shelf with your name on a piece of masking tape on the bottom, and I'll e-mail you a report on how it's doing once a month. (So far the reports all say "fine.")
5. Promise to love your rock. That's the only rule.

Rock Care
Everything you need to know to have a healthy, happy rock.

Tricks Your Rock Can Learn
I have been training all 23. Here's how they're doing.

• Sit: Your rock already knows this one. Good rock!
• Stay: Rocks are better at stay than any other pet. Biscuit has been staying since July.
• Play dead: Excellent. Very hard to tell from the rest of the time.
• Roll over: Needs help. Use a hill. (Not a hill near a road!!)
• Fetch: No. You throw it, you fetch it.
• Shake hands: No hands. Please don't bring it up, it's a sore subject.
• Speak: Zachariah says Rocky can say "rock." Rocky can't. That's Zachariah.

The Rock Hall of Fame
The most famous rocks in the world. My rocks look up to them.

Other Pages I Like

• Sophie's Rock Collection. Sophie is 8 and she has a rock page too, and one of hers might be a METEORITE!!! None of mine are meteorites. I checked.
• Kristy's Pixel Pet Adoption Center. If you want a pet for your home page that moves, she has puppies, kittens, bunnies and dragon eggs. Rocks don't move. That's the nice thing about them.

Rock fans who have visited since July 1999:


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Last updated Friday, August 13, 1999.
Friday the 13th! Rocks are not superstitious.


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