My evening walk with the girls....

Mommy took me for a walk last night....with Autumn and Bella! I often go for a walk with Bella, we are good walking buddies (we like to sniff and pee on the same stuff, hehe!), but Autumn sure added a lot of energy into the mix!! It was late and Mommy wanted to save time and so Autumn went with me and Bell rather than on her own walk after us.

Me and Mommy think the experience was "interesting" with the tangled leashes and the big huge orange dog mixed in with the speckled ones.

I hope tonight I get my very OWN walk, and I hope we do some training too, 'cause I love training treats!

Happy Wags, Sammy

Halloween is coming!

Halloween is coming!

You know why I love Halloween? It's not because of carved pumpkins or scary movies... it's because there's not only "trick", but there's "TREAT!!" Yay for treats! I love treats!

On Halloween, I plan to not trick, just treat, at my house! For Halloween I will be a...hmmmm... well, I'll just be a hungry old dog, and I will follow Mommy around waiting for her to give me a treat! Why not do this? Isn't Halloween a night for giving out treats? It IS!! YAY!!! I can't wait for Halloween!!!

Love, Sammy

I love learning new tricks!

Mommy has the greatest book about training tricks, and me and Amy both learned a new trick today!

High Five!!! I can give my Mommy High Five!!

This is the greatest book ever, it's all about clicker training and teaching fun stuff!

I hope I get to learn ALL the tricks in that book!

Love, Sammy

a nice morning so far...

Started my day with a nice Coffee Walk... It's a beautiful morning and there were lots of good sniffies to be had. I love checking my morning pee-mail while Mommy sips her coffee :)

Soon, my other favorite morning thing will happen: breakfast!

Love, Sammy

I got a treat today

Today Amy had to go to the groomer, and I went with Mommy to pick her up. When one of us has to go to the groomer, or to the vet, we get to go through the In-N-Out drive-thru afterward... so today I got a hamburger patty with Amy!! It was very yummy... and I didn't even have to get a bath first! YAY!

Love, Sammy

Coffee Walk

Mommy and I are carrying on a wonderful morning routine that she started with Bob. Each morning Mommy and I get up nice and early, and she makes her coffee and pours it into her old silver travel mug... Then she leashes me up and we go out the door... It's the most peaceful, wonderful way to start the day. We stroll along, in no hurry, and I can stop and sniff as much as I want, and she relaxes and sips her hot coffee, enjoying the cool morning air and the beauty of nature. She does miss her Bob Dog so much, but she remembers him with a smile as she shares with me this morning walk that was such an important part of her's and Bob's life together.

I love you, Mommy, thank you for the Coffee Walks, it is such a blessing to start each day together this way, and I know that Bob wags his Heavenly tail each time we go...

Love, Sammy

I got tagged by my friend Saphira!!!

All right Pals! You made it here. I see you caught my foot ball pass. Here is what you should do next! Hurry and pass the ball to 5 of your team mates so they can make a touch down. You are also supposed to write down 5 things about yourself that are funny. Also please leave me a bone and ask all those who visit your diary to leave you a bone so you will know they have been there! Ok…Here goes the play!

Here are 5 funny things about me -- Sammy!!

1) I love to carry Mommy's shoes around! I greet her with a shoe when she wakes up, and when she comes home, and I bring her one if I want an invitation up onto the bed!

2) My ears are silly! Sometimes they both flop down, other times I have one up and one down, especially if I am looking up at Mommy waiting for a cookie! You can see my silly ears on my page!

3) I am a total Mommy's boy... which is funny because I was originally Daddy's dog! Mommy married Daddy when I was a year and a half old... but soon after that, I decided me and Mommy are best friends and we LOVE each other, and so now I am HER doggie!

4) I am a very mellow relaxed boy, laying around, calm in the car, pleasant to walk... UNLESS IT'S COOKIE TIME!!! Then I am the most animated doggie in the world! I love cookies the MOSTEST!

5) Mommy has often thought I'm not much of a play-d0g. When she is playing with the other dogs and tries to throw a toy for me, I might chase it once or twice, but I'm not that interested. BUT she has recently discovered a game I LOVE! It's chase!!! If she runs from me, I will ZOOM through the house, barking with my big, loud seal-bark (Mommy says I bark like a seal, heehee)! It is the most fun ever!

Love, Sammy

I am passing the ball to:

Remington, Vista, Tempi, Rosie, and Merlin!

I had a fun day!

Today was a really fun day!

This morning started out less than promising in that after Mommy took Bob for his Coffee Walk (she sips coffee and strolls along with Bob while he sniffs), I am supposed to go next. Well, she came home... and we didn't go for a walk! I was sad. Until...

She leashed me and Amy up and collected Daddy and we all went for a Ride In The Car! And guess where we were going?

The DOG PARK!

It was really fun. I chased some doggies, and I hung around a lot with Amy. I loved it if Mommy and Daddy sat in the chairs in the shade when I was hot and tired, so then I could rest too! I found a really good smelly spot to roll in, and I stood in a mud puddle! I sniffed and sniffed and sniffed... doggies, trees, rocks, grass. I love to sniff!

Then, after we stayed at the dog park for a long time, we went for another Ride In The Car and I thought we were going home, but...

Instead we went to In-N-Out Burgers and I got a Double Double with only meat and cheese (a double cheeseburger)! It was so delicious.

Then we went home, and I rested in the car the whole way, and when I got home, I took a nap.

Later, we had dinner and it was delicious 'cause we got meat and veggies on our kibble. Yummy!

And, tonight, we got Evening Cookies twice instead of only once since Mommy accidentally said the word "cookie" and we all got excited -- she couldn't disappoint us!

What a wonderful day. Now it is sleepy time, and I will dream a little dream of Rides In The Car, the dog park, cheeseburgers, and cookies.

I am a happy doggie.

Love, Sam

I got to go to the dog park!

Today was really fun! I got to go to the dog park! Mommy took me and Amy, and it was really neat.

We are both Mommy's little shadows, so Mommy walked all over the dog park and we followed her, so that way we met all the doggies! I chased some doggies, and when Amy started barking in excitement (Amy LOVES to bark!), I barked too!

A very big Standard Poodle puppy kinda fixated on me for a while, and he wanted to jump on me a lot, and I gave him a little bark. I've never been in a fight, so Mommy didn't worry that I'd be mean to him, and of course, I wasn't.

Another thing I did that was fun was I laid in the mud! It was pretty hot out, and the mud was so cool.

After the dog park, we got to go through the McDonald's drive-thru and get cheeseburgers! Yummy!

This was a really fun day, and I can't wait till the next time I get to go!

Wags, Sammy

Fun with a tennis ball!

Usually, I don't much like to play with toys, I just like to chew them up. The other doggies love to go down to the backyard and play with Mommy as she throws balls and frisbees around. Once in a while, I will run around them as they play, but only for a couple of minutes.

Well, tonight, I was in the mood for something different! Bob and Bella were going a bit stir crazy 'cause we haven't had any walks or playing outside 'cause of the fires and the smoke and the heat. So, Mommy decided to play with them in the house. It was Bob's turn, and she was throwing a tennis ball down the hall for him...

And boy was I carried away by a playful mood! I zoomed after Bob's ball, snatched it up, and zoomed through the house with it! Mommy gave Bob a different ball, and then she and I played! She would run after me and I would race around the house. Then I'd spit the ball out and jump all around and play bow! She would throw the ball, I'd zoom after it, and the whole thing would start again! It was SO fun! Mommy said she's going to try to get me to play with her in the house again (she's tried to get me to play outside, but I never really feel like it).

Wags from a playful dog, Sammy!