samson denham is in Doggy Heaven.

samson denham

Age 14, March 01, 2000 - April 22, 2014

he never met a person or dog he did not like

Nickname: sammy, silly sammy, sam bam

Sammy was a rescue from our local shelter. I knew from the moment I saw him sitting quietly in the back of his cage , he was meant for me. I wasn't looking for a Chihuahua, I never wanted a Chihuahua. they were yappy, snappy, little things that hated children. yet I was drawn to you. and I adopted you. You showed me how wrong it is to judge all dogs by the actions of a few. you were the sweetest, friendliest little dog and you hardly ever barked. we had 3 dogs when we got you. A Staffordshire terrier, a chow/lab mix and a pug. It was an instant friendship with all of you. not a raised hair or lip with any of you. I had made the perfect choice we were all meant to be a family. In all the yrs. we had together there was never a fight or even a growl amongst you dogs. Sammy made friends with everyone we met at the park, kids, people, dogs, well-dressed, young ,old, homeless it didn't matter he would walk up tail wagging waiting for a pet and he would stay and let them pet him until I would say, "ok, Sammy time to go" and people would always say," what a sweet little dog you have" and smile. He had a way about him where even people who would say "I don't really like dogs" would end up giving him a pat and saying, "unless I could get a dog like him" and they would smile. I used to call all of you dogs my brat pack and one by one they crossed the rainbow bridge you were the last of my brat pack and the hardest to let go because you were my tangible memory of my perfect pack. I pray I didn't make you suffer to much before I let go. You are with your favorite bud, Pugsly, and Clarkie and Roxy now. once more the brat pack is whole. how I miss you all. the hole in my life will never be filled till we are together again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just noticed now after all these yrs that when we adopted you it was on roxy's birthday. we guessed on the yr. because you were picked up as a stray and the vet estimated you were approx. 2 to 4 yrs. when we got you so we said 2 . that made you 14 now but you could have been 16 now------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-23-2014 oh, my sam bam, the tears are still flowing hot and heavy. I hope you remembered to tell God what I said before you left. I said to tell God when you see him, " THANK-YOU for giving me you" even with 2 dogs still here the house fills so EMPTY, what a big presence you were in such a small package.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-24-2014 the tears have lessened Sammy. because I am seeing in my mind how happy you must be meeting up with your brothers and sister and So many new friends to meet and play with . Tail wagging , smile on your face as you go to all of them .you of all the brat pack were always the most eager to make new friends. try not to get into too much mischief with the two pugslys I know they are surely keeping the angels on their toes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-25-2014 we had known for yrs. that you had a bad heart and that eventually you would go into heart failure. I just didn't know it would happen the way it did. or that we would have time to say good-bye. I always feared we would be playing or taking a walk and you would have a heart attack and die right there. but that didn't happen. as you aged I used to wake up at night and put my hand on your chest to make sure you hadn't died in your sleep, it never dawned on me that it could be slower and that once again it would me having to make a decision that would rip my heart out. we tried tx. to remove the fluid, that wasn't invasive or stressful for you, but as your heart got worse fluid was entering your lungs and you were slowly drowning. I couldn't bear to let that happen. so I took you to where your needs they would tend and we held you to the end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-28-2014 oh, sam bam I still go to pick up your dish when it's feeding time for the other dogs. and then I remember------- I still look in the bedroom door way expecting you to be there waiting for me to come to bed. the first night you were gone I woke up because I thought I heard you bark. every night when you had to use the doggy pads in the bathroom, you would climb down the dog steps to go, but for some reason (only at night) you barked to wake me up so I would PICK you up and put you back on the bed. every other time of day you would use the steps. something you did all the yrs we had you and I never failed to wake up and put you back on the bed.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-01-2014 oh my sam bam I can hardly put into words how hard it is not having you here. It's like I lost all of you all over again. It the same feeling you get when your last child leaves home.( but you know you will still see them and talk to them) . but I will only see you guys in my minds eye. never to hug or touch again. and the emptiness in this house is unreal once you left us too. it's sad because we still have little gitmo and redden here but they can't seem to fill the emptiness. and I worry so about gitmo leaving us too soon because of his pancretitis and the possibility of a tumor at the base of his brain or spleen. so far he seems to be doing well and he's still playing and loving our excursions. but only having two dogs is so foreign to us because we got so used to having three and four at a time. and having 2 big dogs and 2 little dogs made for a houseful and a car full. that's why we got an suv. now it seems too big for 2 little dogs. too empty. good-nite my silly Sammy. love you and miss you dearly.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-8-2014 oh Sammy, I went to feed gitmo and reden and spent a few minutes looking for your bowl and thinking " where in the hell is Sammy's bowl?" then I remembered..........miss you my silly Sammy.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-19-2014 oh sam bam I thought I heard you bark last night and looked on the floor to pick you up and put you on the bed. then I thought I am dreaming you aren't here. yet that bark woke me up as it did every night for 12 yrs or more. was I dreaming Sammy or were you here? you and pugsly always woke me up at night to put you on the bed only pugs would scratch on the side of the bed and whine you barked (and pretty loudly) till I got up. I still cry sometimes for all of my brat pack and still miss you guys beyond reason..
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-4-14 oh my silly sammy, you have no idea how much i miss you. we don't have to leave the city this yr. and travel the hi-ways. you were so terrified of the fireworks and they were so close to our house we could watch them from our front yard. they were so LOUD. so every year since they moved them to the stadium by our house we would pack up at 8 p.m. and drive out of town till 10 p.m. and then come home. that way you couldn't hear them.we did this for about 4 yrs. just for you sammy bammy. our mini road trips evry 4th of july till this one this one we are staying home . gitmo and reden don't seem to be bothered but this will be reden and gitmo's first city display since we were always on the rode with you. we'll see how they react. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-29-2014 oh my little sam bam so many times it seems like I see you out of the corner of my eye. I still go to look for your food bowl when I feed the other dogs. it is so different without you. . I want you to know how much I miss you my silly Sammy. how could such a little dog leave such a big hole in my life? I hope all of you are as excited to see when god calls me home as you were when I came home in life. all barks, tail wagging and huge smiles.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11-22-2014 my little sam bam I miss you more then you know Sammy bammy . you were always such a happy little guy . bed time was always your favorite time of day. you would get so excited when we would say bed time Sammy. you would RUN to the bedroom up the doggy stairs into the bed and then dance around until we climbed in then it was under the covers and snuggled up between us. how you and pugsly would push each other trying for the same spot. till it would be pugsly by our heads and you by our legs. you two would literally push each other with your paws till me or dad would say "knock it off you guys." I MISS you Sammy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-12-2014 have a MERRY CHRISTMAS my baby, I wish I too was spending it with you and the angels. I miss you so.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-15-2015 hi my baby, so much going on these past few months. I was set to join you guys. all I had to do was let my heart attack happen. but I chose by-pass surgery because of my family. I refused at first but seeing their faces and I chose to stay. saying good-bye to something you love that is leaving you I thought was the hardest thing I would ever do. But I know now that saying good-bye when you are the one leaving is 10 times harder. I really do wish I was with you guys but I guess I need more time to prepare my family to let me go.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $-15-2015 oh my sam bam it is almost the anniversary of your leaving I think of you every day you were such a sweet little guy and I really miss you. we have a new pup. not of our choosing . she was dumped in our yard but we are keeping her. oh sam all I really want is my brat pack back----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-25-2015----oh my silly Sammy it was a yr. on the 22nd and for days I have been calling the other dogs Sammy. I miss you my little sam bam . I miss you in bed snuggled up to me, I miss you running to the bedroom at 9 p.m. and barking to say bed time. you wouldn't go to bed unless I went with you. the bed is empty now. none of the dogs like to sleep on the bed with me. they sleep in the room but on their beds. even if I put them on the bed they jump down and go to their beds ? when I had my brat pack you all tried to sleep on the bed we would wake up unable to move because dogs were every where. you and pugsly at our heads ( you were small) roxy and clarkie at our feet.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-23-2015 oh my sam bam you have been in my thoughts so much I keep calling the other dogs Sammy even the neighbor called redden Sammy the other day people have not forgotten you. you were such a sweet social little guy. the moment that you died my heart was torn in two---one side filled with heartache the other died with you. I often lie awake at night , when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane with tears upon my cheeks. remembering you is easy I do it every day, and missing you is a heartache that never goes away. I hold you tight within my heart, and there you will remain until the joyous day arrives that brings all together again.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------july 4,2015 hi my silly Sammy, my little sam bam, I'm glad you are where there are no fire works. they scared you so badly. it was absolutely the worst time of year for you. and in our neighborhood they were lighting them a week before and a week after . I always felt so bad for you. we used to take mini road trips to get you away and spent hrs on the forth driving the hi-ways on the 4th. I miss you so much my sam bam. funny how me and dad never minded missing the fire works displays because we were with you and you loved the car rides. forever in our hearts my beautiful boy.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-10-15 oh Sammy I miss you I could sure use you now. you would have loved pearl she would have loved having you for a doggie friend. you would have been her special friend. their wasn't a dog you didn't like. and she sure could use a friend like you.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-24-2015 sometimes I think I see you and pugsly coming to bed at night. just a fleeting shadow of you boys at the bottom of the stairs out of the corner of my eye. and I look but nothing is there. and for one brief moment I'm happy.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11-3-15 oh my little Sammy how I miss your wagging tail you were such a happy little guy. all the time. I miss the happiness you brought to our home. it was such a joy to come home to all of you guys because you guys were always so happy to have us home but mostly I miss how happy you would get when I would say bed time. all wags and smiles and you would run to the bed. .every thing we said made you happy. oh sam bam don't forget me. wait for me.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12-07-15 I miss all of you so much I want to turn back the hands of time and take more pictures and cherish every moment I didn't before. I want to hug all of you and kiss your heads, and pet you and laugh and play again. I want to see you run to the bedroom when I say bedtime. and as you aged when it got to be 9:00 p.m. you would go to the bedroom door and look at me as if to say "it's bedtime mom" even if I was watching a t.v. show I would have to leave it go to bed, cover you up and sit there till you went to sleep to go finish my show. and I did it and never really minded. I thought how cute I have him so spoiled. how I miss it now..i hope you told God what I told you to tell him " when you see God, Sammy , you tell him THANK-YOU for giving me you" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-16-2016---------hi, my little sam bam your anniversary is almost here you have wondered through my thoughts for a couple weeks now. I think of you at the oddest times. are you trying to tell me I am not forgotten. that you , ever faithful, are waiting for me. I remember all our road trips and adventures we had. boy did we do some traveling with all you dogs. sometimes for a wkend and sometimes for 2 wks or more the places we have been the mts, plains, deserts from Montana to Arizona, wy to the gulf of mexico, s. Dakota to new Orleans. and my brat pack went on everyone. and camping in our colo. mts. every wknd we stayed in colo.. what a beautiful fulfilling life we had with you. I love you beyond reason--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-23-2017 ...... oh my little sam bam , i can't believe how much i still miss you. how i still cry for you. bedtime used to be my favorite time of day, snuggling with you till we fell asleep. now i hate it there is no you. no warm little body next to me. no little guy dancing around cuz it's bedtime and he can't wait to get under the covers. no little guy beating me to the bedroom when i said bedtime. i miss you so so so much.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-17-2019------i'm crying as i read my posts because i miss you so much still. i have not posted much on here but i leave messages on your site more often. because the memories this brings back are so bitter-sweet.love you so much my silly sammy