The sad time has come...Sammy needs a home

3+ years ago friends of ours found a beautiful dog on their front porch. She had obviously been abandoned. We were looking for a second dog at that time and this one seemed like a great fit. She was beautiful, well groomed, and well behaved. She seemed mostly house trained and she got along with our other dog Chloe.

Over the 3 years Sammy and Chloe have gotten into a few of fights. Most of them have not been too bad, but a few have been worse than others. Any time it had happened we had to keep them separated for a few days but they would eventually start acting like best friends again. A recent fight has convinced us that our two dogs are not compatible and that they both need to be in a single dog family.

It is such a sad time for us. Sammy has been such a big part of our family. She is absolutely incredible with people and even more so with our son who is now 15 months old. He climbs on her, pulls her hair, and can do anything he wants to her. And she just smiles. Sammy loves attention and will need some from a new owner. She is about 45 pounds but thinks she is a lap dog. Kyle loves laying on the floor or couch with her.

We are not exactly sure how old Sammy is but the vet estimates about 4 years old. She has a beautiful coat and we suspect she has Golden Retriever, Shepherd, and some type of smaller breed in her.

She is up to date on shots, is spayed, and has no issues outside of not being able to get along occassionally with our other dog. They are both alpha females unfortunately.

We are looking for a nice family for her. We'd recommend that the family not have any other dogs. She is easy to care for and house trained. A fence would be highly recommended as she is used to having one. Please contact us if you are interested by leaving us a comment. Attached is a slideshow of her.

Ryne playing with his Pooh lamp

What a goof ball!

Videos, Videos, Videos

Yes, Kyle got a new iPhone 3GS over the weekend and quickly snapped several fun videos. Here are just a few of them.

Ryne and Ellie spending time together...

Ryne in his 4th of July outfit, and answering a phone call, "hello".

Godzilla Ryne! Notice at the end how he has to knock off every last block.

Updates

Ryne has really been a blast the past several weeks. We are amazed everyday about how great he is doing with walking, even to the point in which he'll start into a run at times. He is quite sneaky too. We have a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs. When either mom or dad open the gate to head upstairs, we have to be careful. He'll sprint to that gate in no time just to get the opportunity to climb the stairs. He loves it and has been doing it for a couple of months now.

Ryne also loves to knock towers down that mommy builds. Here is a picture just prior to him acting like Godzilla.

He has also really started to try to repeat words that we say. He clearly tries to say Duck, Keys, Cheese, Dog, among other words. He also has just recently started using his sign language for More and All Done as well as Yes and Please.

One final picture I snapped with my phone the other day was just too cute not to display.

GO CUBS!