Samantha

Samantha was a sweet and kind dog, she always greeted me with a wagging tail and a single sweet kiss. She loved her walks and was always up for her favorite game of fetch, even when she ripped a nail clean out of her paw she never skipped a beat and wanted to keep playing.
As she grew older and smarter, she learned to spell to the point I couldn’t say W to spell walk, plus she would listen to every word. I could say I’m going for a stroll and she would get excited sitting by by the door waiting for me. Even more she seemed to tell time, I would come home from work and tell her to wake me in an hour; one hour later she was in front of me nudging my arm then giving one soft bark to wake me. She was a great companion and the best dog I ever raised.
She would walk without being leashed and never wandered out of her yard, crossed or went into the street without me at her side. My favorite story about her: we went for our morning walk and she was unleashed, we have a street to cross to get to our running area, she was in a hurry to get to this spot and ran up ahead around a blind corner, there was an animal control officer coming down the street {just my luck, no collar,no leash, I’m bailing her out of doggie jail} went through my mind. As I came around the corner, the officer stopped at the sign, Sammie sitting at the stop sign waiting on me. When I got next to her, she looked up at me for the command to cross, I looked at the Pet cop still sitting at the stop, “with me” was her okay to cross, as we walked across the street I looked at the officer, he nodded and went on his way, when we got to the other side of the street, she got a big hug and praise for being such good girl.
She was good on so many levels, she would take most anything we gave her, she loved our time sitting with a bowl of fruit, be it watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries or even cherry tomatoes. She also loved her veggies, when prepping dinner you could be sure that Sammie was there waiting for some broccoli, green beans, carrots or cauliflower she loved everything and gave us all the love she had, she was the poster dog for continuous and unconditional love.
When it came time to have her cross the rainbow bridge, that was the hardest thing I ever had to do, knowing that I would never see my precious Samantha again in this life.
You are so sadly missed my sweet precious Sammie, rest in piece until we meet again on the other side in that beautiful meadow where you now run like a puppy again and when we meet again we’ll play fetch for the rest of eternity..