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<p class=MsoNormal>So by now some of you have written me about our rescue
Pom-a-wa-wa (Pomeranian/Chihuahua) Sampson. He is such a joy to have
around! Just think of a moving dust bunny with teeth, and you will
picture him perfectly. Every day he accompanies me out to feed the
chickens, and as I pick weeds for them to eat, he also starts grabbing weeds to
carry over. I do think that he is more interested in the game of killing
the giant weeds, but it is really funny to see him carry something over to the
chickens.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sampson’s latest trick is to push through the tiny
hole in the “Big-dog” kennel, where Rocky, Arthur, and Channy spend
their day. It is pretty funny to watch him go into the hole, because
suddenly there are 3 giant heads and noses pushing him back through the hole as
they snuff him in greeting. Sometimes it takes him multiple tries to get
through the hole because they are so happy to see him that he gets blocked from
entering. This guy is so small that he can walk under the bassets! He is
less than 4 pounds, and they are all over 50. Then he plays with the 3 of
them, occasionally cuddling up to rest in a hole they have dug. Rocky
will go down into his Play Bow to invite Sammy to play, Channy will play growl
and shake her head and let him jump on her, Arthur will play tag. Sammy
bites ears and jowls and rumps and jumps on them and dodges them and chases
them. Channy occasionally has taken the big boys to task when they have been
too rough, or interfered with her play time.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Go back to childhood and envision the story of “Where
the Wild Things Are”. Max the naughty boy in his wolf suit gets
sent to his room for sassing his mother. Then he sails to a magical
island where the Wild Things live. They gnash their terrible teeth, and
roll their terrible eyes, and growl their terrible growls, and threaten to eat
Max, but Max gnashes HIS teeth, and rolls HIS eyes and growls HIS growl, and
they are so impressed that they crown him KING of the wild things. This
could be the story of Sampson! He is now KING OF THE WILD THINGS! At
least until he decides that he needs to come back into the house and check on
his Mommy to make sure that all the things in his real world are in
order. When that happens, he dodges back through the little hole, into
the house, runs and gets a drink, then finds me to tell me of his adventure and
make sure that I am still here. He is usually wet and dirty when he comes
in, from slobber or dew on the grass or whatever, so instead of wasting the
effort to bath him totally, I just wipe him down with a wet cloth so that I can
snuggle him. He will get a bath before going to MIL’s house on the
14<sup>th</sup>. We are really going to miss him, but 7 dogs is just too
many especially if he has somewhere else to go! If something happens to
MIL and she can’t keep him, he will always be welcome here, so we never
have to fear for him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for all the inquires!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Gaylene
Opal-Deitering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>My
passions do not replace my relationship with God, but are instead a reflection
of it!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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