Mellow boy

Happy Summer! Now I am counting down the months until its over, until then...we will be in the pool!

Last Thursday, we went to our visit at the mentally challenged campus. Samson was so exhausted from swimming with my girlfriend and her 1 year old son. He just wanted to lay down on the tile at our visit. Even the patients were very mellow, they just sat there with him petting him and talking to him. We visit this facility with two other dogs. A black standard poodle named, Elvira and a 11 year old Golden named Kate. Well, Elvira is a diva, she never gives Samson the time of day. But this week she was so excited to see him. She kept giving him a playbow and rubbing her big afro on him. It was too funny.

I had a nice talk with one of the campus workers who just got a Pitbull puppy. He was asking so many question about food, grooming, potty training ect. I told him about the benefits of feeding quality kibble and using all natural grooming products. He was amazed by Samson's coat, but he was not amused by the cost of the food! But, people don't understand how important quality food is for dogs AND humans.

Our next visit there we will be on our own, everyone is going out of town. I'm a little nervous because it can be overwhelming at times so I just have to make sure Samson is extra tired!

Our schedule is going to change after summertime because school is starting up for me(and I'm on the job hunt). We will only be able to visit once a month now, instead of twice a month :(

Two visits, one week.

Jeez, I'm getting so bad at updating this! Last week, Wednesday and Friday, Samson had two visits!

Wednesday we went to the hospital. Met some very nice dog loving patients. One lady in particular touched my heart. Right when I came in the room she looked at Samsons vest and started crying and told me she had a Rottweiler named Samson. He was trained to be her service dog because she became wheelchair bound. She did Rally obedience and agility with him, and she was a big advocate on feeding quality food to dogs, being raw or high quality kibble. Samson lived to be 15 years old and really excellent at his service dog job. Another great one was lost, RIP Samson.

Friday he visited his first elementary school. This was for a Humane Education visit. I just talked to the kids about Boxers and what they were bred for, how to properly care for a Boxer and therapy work. At the end the kids got to ask questions, which was pretty funny because most of them were How much did he cost? Where can I get one? Does he do tricks? Does he talk? Is he a pitt bull mix? I show them his high-five and they thought that was the greatest thing EVER!

When they were leaving Samson and I stood at the door and all the kids were petting him on the head. He was such a good boy, fascinated by all the little people. Haha!