Playing CatchUp....

Well.....It has been quite an eventful couple of months...I always INTEND to get the blog up-to-date, but LIFE get's in the way:(

Anyway, my husband and I are still dealing with missing our beautiful Sadie daily, but it helps to know that she had a wonderful life with us. My wonderful friend, Jan Gibson with http://www.petstoposies.com/ created a beautiful portrait of our Sadie to honor her memory. I will try to get it up on the blog within the next few days. Jan has an amazing talent of capturing the "essence and spirit" of all of her subjects.

We have been having a stressful time for the last 2 weeks. We found and had surgically removed a cancerous tumor on Apollo's rear leg last week. I has gotten infected and he is pretty weak in the leg, but we are hoping for a full recovery. Our local holistic vet will be injecting some Neoplesene (bloodroot) into the surrounding tissue within the next few weeks to hopefully kill any lingering cancer cells.

I will keep everyone updated on how things are going.

Tammy

Our Very Saddening Loss...

On the morning of Feb. 6th 2009, we unexpectedly lost our precious baby girl...Sadie. We adopted Sadie at the age of approx 6-7 months from Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue in Nov 1997 and we were blessed to have this angel in our live's for 11 yrs.

Never let someone tell you that the loss is not the same as losing a person in your life. Sadie's loss has affected me the exact same way as when I lost my dad. Some day's the loss feels less than other's. Some day's, I can talk about her passing without shedding a single tear, some day's I can go almost an entire day without thinking of her.

I know that time will help to heal our grief. But, our family will still be missing that Sadie smile, that Sadie grin ,that happy, excited Sadie bark, that Sadie howl, that Sadie yodel and especially, that warm, furry Sadie body.

Fly free and happy Tater Tot....until we meet again.

Love,

Mama, Daddy and all your furry siblings

...more family pics...

This is my sister Millie....she lives at my Mama's store during the week. My mama says that Millie has a life to envy...she lives at the store during the week and then my human friend Joy and her husband Dave, come to pick Miss Millie up and they take her home with them for the weekend, until Mama reopens the store on Tuesday! Miss Millie and I play chase and hide and seek at the store...I like her. Though, she does look pretty dumb in the pink dress!

-samuel

Family Pics...

Easter is for the Dogs...and Cats! Woof/Meow

Me and my brothers and sisters had a great Easter! Mama and Daddy bought us our very own stuffed duckies, lambs and bunnies. Though, I did already de-stuff one of the bunnies! My Golden brother Tristin got a HUGE stuffed yellow duckie...it's bigger than ME! But, I'm not allowed to play with it...b/c soon..Tristin would not have a duckie to play with any longer:)

-Samuel
BTW....check out some of our family pics....the cat dressed up is my mama's store kitty. Her name is Millie. My Mama says that Miss Millie is THE PERFECT store kitty. She is the official greeter and sales cat!

Samuel Has a New Friend:)

I have a new friend! I like her alot....she is very pretty with her tan coat and balck muzzle and she is just my size. She lives up the road a bit from me and she comes to visit me everyday. We chase each other up and down the fence...what fun! My mama says that she feels sad for my new friend whough...because she lives outside:( My mama says that all animal's should live inside with their families, where they are warm, safe and loved. My mama also says that I could not live outside...I have almost nonexistent fur and my tummy is bare and piggy pink! Thank goodness my mama has nice warm sweaters for me to wear when I am outside..even though, my daddy doesn't like th new pink one! He thinks it's not manly for me to wear...oh well, as long as I'm warm:)

-samuel

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ADOPTED PIT PUP NAMED SAMUEL

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A PIT PUP NAMED SAMUEL


IT’S BEEN ALMOST 2 YEARS EXACTLY SINCE SAMUEL CAME INTO OUR LIVES LIKE A NEWBORN KITTEN…SWEET, GENTLE AND OH SO CUTE. SINCE THEN…SAMUEL THE KITTEN HAS BECOME “SAMUEL THE MIGHTY ALPHA”…KING OF ALL CREATURES. OR SO HE THOUGHT…UNTIL MAMA GOT A BACKBONE AND SAID “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.”

NOWADAYS…YOU MAY SEE SAMUEL AND I WALKING AT OUR LOCAL PARK WITH THE SENIOR CITIZEN’S WHO CALL OUT TO HIM BY NAME AND ONE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN IN PARTICULAR IS ALWAYS RAGGING SAMUEL ABOUT HIS CAROLINA BLUE COAT….IN RESPECT FOR HIM…WE WORE OUR RED COAT TODAY..LOL

SAMUEL AND I HAVE COME ALONG WAY IN OUR TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER. HIS MAMA ESPECIALLY…HAS COME A LONG WAY IN DEALING WITH MR SAMUEL’S TEMPER TANTRUMS. SAMUEL KNOWS TO SIT WHEN SOMEONE WALKS BY DURING OUR MORNING JAUNTS, HE SITS AND DOWNS BEFORE MAMA WILL THROW HIS TENNIS BALL FOR HIM, HE SPINS, HE TWIRLS, HE BACKS UP (WORKING ON THIS ONE), HE SHAKES WITH LEFT PAW OR RIGHT PAW, HE JUMPS ON HIS TREADMILL FOR HIS NIGHTLY RUN, HE TOUCHES ITEMS WITH HIS NOSE ON COMMAND (STILL WORKING ON THIS ONE.) NEEDLESS TO SAY…WE BOTH ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE TRAIN EVERYDAY AND OUR SOCIAL SKILLS WITH OTHER DOGS HAS BEEN GETTING BETTER EVERYDAY!

ONE THING THAT HIS MAMA IS VERY PROUD OF HERSELF FOR: NAILTRIMS! MAMA IS NOW ABLE TO DO NAILTRIMS WITHOUT TAKING HIM TO THE VET TO BE SEDATED…HOORAY! A HUGE HURDLE! BABY STEPS..BABY STEPS AND MORE BABY STEPS!!

SAMUEL HAS A NEW FRIEND!
3 DAYS AGO..I LOOK OUTSIDE AND I BELIEVE THAT MY EYES ARE DECEIVING ME! SAMUEL AND A YOUNG, FEMALE? SHEPHERD MIX ARE PLAY BOWING AND CHASING EACHOTHER THROUGH OUR FENCE! HOW AMAZING! IF YOU KNOW SAMUEL…YOU KNOW JUST HOW PARTICULAR HE IS IN HIS TASTE OF FRIEND’S. HE IS VERY SELECTIVE: 1 GOLDEN RETRIEVER NAMED TRISTIN (SAMUEL’S BROTHER) GRACIE AND EMERYS THE 2 GREYHOUND’S AND 1 EXTREMELY LARGE SHEPHERD BOY NAMED CLAYTON HAVE BEEN HIS ONLY FRIEND’S,,,TILL NOW. (SIGH)

MAMA’S GOALS FOR HER BOY
1. PASS CGC TEST (CANINE GOOD CITIZEN TEST)
2. ABLE TO WALK ON LEASH ANYWHERE..ESP. AROUND STRANGE DOGS.