Where have we been? Exciting news at "How Sam Sees It"!

The better question might be...  Where are we going?

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That's right!  We've both accepted positions out of state, and are leaving the great state of Arizona - my home for almost my whole life - and are heading north to Sedro Woolley, Washington.  I will be heading up the first week of February with the pups and Aaron will follow a few weeks after. 

We've been busy trying to tie up loose ends here, pack and sort, clean up both our property and my Mom's, make plans for the horses - the list goes on and on.  It hasn't left much time to do anything else.  ...but don't worry!  Our pups are still getting all the love and attention they have always had and we will be back to updating the blog as soon as possible.

If you are on Facebook, feel free to friend me and like Harlow's page - links on the right for both.  It won't be long until we are back to blogging full time and we are excited to be able to blog about a whole new set of adventures!

We wish all of our blogging friends and family a very Happy New Years!

Big News! Sam the Therapy Dog!

We have some exciting news to share!  We took Sam for a TDI (Therapy Dog International) test this morning and he passed!  Our Sam is now a therapy dog! 

I'm ready to share the love!

I'll admit, I was a bit nervous, which is why I hadn't mentioned on the blog we were attempting this.  There were two parts of this test that we were worried about.  The first was a 3 minute stay where I had to leave the room.  Sam hates to be separated from me, but he passed this part with flying colors!  The second,which most of the other dogs where failing at, was ignoring food on the ground.  They tossed chicken in front of Sam and he walked over it twice without even looking at it.  The evaluators were amazed that a Golden would ignore food.  Shoot, I was amazed Sam ignored the food. 

Sam is getting a well earned nap right now - both Monty and he have had treats to celebrate and lots of loving.

Thanksgiving - the day after...

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We shared the news on Facebook but we want to make sure everyone knows - Sam doesn't have Lymphoma!  Turns out the suspicious lump was a fatty lump underneath the lymph node in his neck.  The folks here at "How Sam Sees It" have been celebrating ever since we received this great news!

We had even more great news to be thankful for, when we learned our good friend the Bleu also received the best of news - REMISSION!

It definitely changed the spirit of our Thanksgiving celebration!

We did find a good use for the leftovers.  As some of you know, we haven't been able to get a photo of the boys sitting next to each other.  Oh, they will set near each other, but not actually next to each other.  We think that they have some sort of strange "cootie" pact in place.

So out came the leftovers, and (ever mindful of delicate digestive systems) we attempted to get them to sit near each other.  All we managed to do was get some great begging face photos...

Is that ham?

Monty loves ham!

Close, but still maintaining their distance....

At this point I've given up - I love Monty's begging face. 

...and Sam really turns on the charm!

We hope everyone has a great weekend!