Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Well it's been a while since we updated you on
Samantha (Sami's) progress, so I thought I'd drop a line and a few
pics as well. We picked up Sami late November '07 when she was 12
weeks old, but if you remember.. she was born on the same day
both my wife and I were born August 23rd. So we knew right
then that it was just meant to be :-)
She's a little over 9 months old now and probably weighs a little over 100
lbs by now, it's been a while since we weighed her. Sami is just
wonderful. This was the first pet my wife and I owned together, so
we were very
excited to come and get her. It was expensive and quite the car ride from
Chicago, but have not for one moment thought it was a mistake. Everywhere
we go, she gets all the attention and rightfully so. She was by far
the most popular pup in puppy school, and our neighbors love to pet
her when we take her on walks. At home we are still trying to
break her of getting so excited when people come over, but
outside in public she is a model citizen. She sits calmly and let's
all the neighborhood boys and girls pet her. We are about to
start our advanced training class later this month, and hopefully
after that she will receive her good canine citizen certification.
We would LOVE to use her as a therapy dog, and hopefully can
make that a reality soon. She is showing no signs of any skeletal
issues, and her temperament is
wonderful. I can 100% recommend this breed and a great family pet.
She'll be as active or as lazy as we are, is very smart and ready
to learn whatever we throw at her. We were very diligent about
house training her, and literally she didn't have a single accident
after a few
days, it was unbelievable. She hasn't jumped up on a couch, hasn't taken
any food that wasn't given to her, and hasn't chewed anything that
wasn't hers to chew in probably 5 months.
We recently adopted a Neapolitan Mastiff mix (George) so she could have a
little brother. She is wonderful with him. Very patient, but yet
still maintains her dominance. He just loves her to death. Every
morning, he
can't resist running in her cage to give her morning kisses all over her
face.
To make a long story short, she is everything we expected and
nothing we didn't. I had hoped she would be bigger, but I wouldn't
trade her personality for anything. We have attached some pictures
that hopefully
paint the picture of her life up to this point.. there are so many it was
hard to narrow them down.
Dan & Alison
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