Well, the big silly yellow lab Sam is back with us. We'd given him to a friend of Kristen's parents who lived on a big farm with a pond. Sounded like it'd be the ideal situation for him. Two people at home all the time, a person who'd play with him nonstop, another (older) dog to play with... But, these people are completely against putting dogs on a leash or fencing them in. Sam ran away once when they first got him, two weeks or so ago. On Saturday morning, we got a call from someone in Raymond, Mississippi (10+ miles from where he was in Clinton, MS) saying that she had our dog (since our info was on the registration tags). So, who knows how long he'd been gone for this time. Anyway, we got in touch with the people who were taking care of him. We had a discussion back and forth between Kristen's friend, and her parents that got a bit heated at times. Oh, and Sam had to cross a highway or two to get where he was... Aparently, they'd tried keeping Sam in the garage at night to keep him from running off, but he took a poop in there, so they just left the door open from then on. Sam's a curious dog, so it's not suprising he took off after something. But all you'd have to do is put him on a rope. He's not the type who's run back and forth choking himself at the end of his tether. He'd get to the end and think "well, guess that's as far as I can go" and promptly lay down. I like the idea that he was free to run around, but he needed to learn where he was supposed to stay... So, we met Kristen's friend's parents yesterday and picked him up. Now we've got two dogs again, at least until we find him a home.
Kristen's Aunt and Uncle in Maine have a perfect place with two young kids, lots of land, and a huge old house. They had to put down their two old dogs within the past year, so maybe they're looking for another... Ford, think Amanda's dad could use a good retriever?
PS - Kinda fits with the "potatoes" down there, since that's Sam from Lord of the Rings saying it...
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