Tonight we buried him in our yard. Two years ago I dug his grave alongside those of our four previous loving dogs: PeeDee, Samantha Louise, Brownie & Poppa Bear. We though he would die two years ago after a stroke that left him weak, confused & helpless for 2-3 days but he recovered miraculously & was back to normal. A few months later he had another stroke & also recovered. A year later he had a third & again recovered. In the past two months he lost a lot of his muscle mass & became progressively weaker. I thank my dear wife for taking such good actually excellent care of him as she was & still is an RN and was perfectly suited to the task.
All of our previous dogs were strays rescued from the streets near our warehouse. We often though about their prior lives and would wish we could have had from their birth as puppies. But at least we rescued them from a dire life or death. They all we loving & acceptable to each next new one that we rescued. They all got along. Our cat Miss Porter would snuggle up & sleep next to Sammys belly.
We had Sam 13 years, the longest of all and it hurts the most that he is gone. Five years ago a woman from Georgia was caught after she was arrived with a van full of 20+ dogs selling them on craigslist. The dogs were confiscated by our animal control & put up for adoption. One was very shy & traumatized. He could not even walk up or down steps. We adopted him & named him Sams Son. Our old dog Sam accepted him & taught him everything. Sam did a great job and now Sams Son is our top dog.
VIDEO: SAMUEL AND SAMSON
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