this week was the worst week of my life. On February 13, I received a phone call from my mother letting me know that my grandmother had passed away. I adored my grandmother. She taught me everything I know about football. She had fallen ill the previous summer and my sister went to Minneapolis to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sam’
Ten Years Ago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Sam on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Twelve Years Old
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday posts, labrador retriever, Sam on March 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Dear Sam: It’s so hard to believe that you’ve gotten here, baby. Part of me keeps thinking I’m going to wake up and you won’t be here. You’ve defied the odds and proven more than one vet an idiot. For that I am grateful. You are stubborn, challenging, willful, difficult, and one of the main [...]
The Fear Aggressive Dog and Children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, dogs, Sam on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the comments on my post about dogs and where to find one, The Momsomniac said she would have been afraid to have Sam around kids and wanted to know how I did it. I’m going to point out, right here, that I am not an animal behaviorist, I am not a vet, and I [...]
A Tale of Two Dogs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breeders, dogs, pet ownership, Peyton, Sam on January 4, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I owe the germ of this post to Queen of Spain. She posted the other day on Twitter about going to get a dog and she received a large amount of advice about where she should get the dog. As I read it, I realized that most of us speak with passion about where to [...]

