A Retro Post from 2010 ~ Samson Plays Doctor

Retro posts are favorite posts I transfer from the blog I started in 2009, where suddenly no comments would post and all comments between 2009 and 2023 disappeared. After that happened, I had to give up on that blog and start this new one.

At the time I posted this, Samson was a little over a year old and Angel was about 12.

Oh, hi Mommy, maybe you better take that camera and go away so I can examine Angel.

Ack, that nose doesn't look so good. It looks awfully red to me. I will prescribe some more medicine for you and discuss this with Mommy.

Now, let me check your ears. You are such a good patient, Angel, let me just sniff in there. It smells good and clean to me.

And now I have to examine the other end. I know you don't like it, but I have to make sure all your ends are OK.

Sniff, sniff: It smells good to me.

Oh, you want to go outside now? Ok, we can do the rest out there.

I know you eat very well now, but you're still awfully skinny. We have to do something about that. I prescribe some walks for you to make sure you get some more appetite and gain some weight. And I have to discuss your nose medicines with Mommy. Other than that, you are good to go.

These are my final instructions: Make Mommy take you for a good walk every day; eat all your dinner; let Mommy put that cream on your nose too -- those pills are not enough. And let me kiss your ears every time I come and see you.  Then you will feel at least a whole year younger. And that's seven human years.....

Someone asked about Samson's breed:

Samson was a Samoyed, an ancient breed, here's some of the breed's history:

The Samoyed is an ancient breed of dog that originated in Siberia and has a long history: 

• Origin

  The Samoyed breed dates back to 1000 BCE and originated with the Samoyede people, a nomadic tribe that lived in northern Russia and Siberia. The dogs were originally called bjelkiers and were used for herding reindeer, pulling sleds, and hunting bears. 

Samson was an awesome dog, he was the absolute best. 

Retro Posts: Since the blog I started in 2009 no longer works, I'm transferring my favorite posts from that blog to my new blog here

A Retro Post From 2009 - Samson Wants To Play On A Rainy Day

I'm having such a boring day! It just rains and rains and nobody wants to be outside and play.

Angel, will you play with me in the house? Please, please…

Will you look at this weather, it's raining, it's storming and some white stuff is falling from the sky...what did you say, Mommy? Hail? OK, it's hailing too, so what's a dog to do?

Look at all that water – I hope we won't be floating away.

We're stuck in the house, so Angel we might as well just make up a game….

OK, if that's the way you want to be, I'll just make up some game of my own. Like biting your rear end! I bet you didn't like that, so why don't we play 'Steal Mommy's Shoe' -- you don't feel like it? Aww....

OK, I'll just play by myself --- this one's called 'Crossing the Abyss' -- I bet you didn't think I knew such big words, ha!

See, I made it! I crossed -- see Daddy was a mountain climber and he told me a few old stories and taught me some tricks..

Oh, oh! I guess he forgot to tell me how to get back. Woof, woof,  I don't think I like this, it gives me a kind of dizzy feeling….the abyss seems much bigger going this way.

Phew, I made it back in one piece. Climbing isn't as easy as it may seem.

 

This post reminded me that it used to rain buckets here and each winter would bring snow, sometimes lots of snow. 

I found our home on the internet and as we drove into town, there was a large welcome sign, reading:

Welcome to the Land of Four Seasons

I feel that now, all I can do is to hope for a little bit of the winter part, the part that made me want to move here. At this point, I'd even settle for some buckets, ok, small buckets of rain.

My 15-day weather forecast shows no sign of rain, and temps in the 50's and 60's with one day projected at 45 degrees. Night time temps are in the 30's and 40's, with tonight's and tomorrow night's temps at 31 degrees and one other night at 32. 

I'm now writing about January here...

Just sayin'