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I want to memorialize this day because you just never know what life has in store for you. So, for my sweet Sammy, 17 hip hip hoorays for you. I am so grateful! Here is a pic of him sitting up for mom just last week. My mom bought him a memory foam mattress for older dogs. He loves it! 
So thank you for 17 wonderful months so far, keep them coming Sammy!
Love Mom
Diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the right front leg 8/23/10,
leg fractured 8/27/10,
leg amputated 8/30/10
http://sammyand.....pawds.com/
I couldn't begin to say how special Sammy is to us. Living and laughing with and loving this wonderful boy is priceless.
Congratulations on 17 months. That is amazing. Extra treats for everypawdy!
Jackie, Angel Abby & MBBunnyRita's mom
Abby: Aug 1, 2009 – Jan 10, 2012. Our beautiful rescue pup lived LARGE with osteosarcoma for 15 months – half her way-too-short life. I think our "halflistic" approach (mixing traditional meds + supplements) helped her thrive. (PM me for details. I'm happy to help.) She had lung mets for over a year. They took her from us in the end, but they cannot take her spirit! She will live forever in our hearts. She loved the beach and giving kisses and going to In-N-Out for a Flying Dutchman. Tripawds blog, and a more detailed blog here. Please also check out my novel, What the Dog Ate. Now also in paperback! Purchase it at Amazon via Tripawds and help support Tripawds!
oh sammy, happy 17th ampuversary!!! we're gonna have a monkeydog hoedown here in ET to celebrate!!! sorry to hear you don't like the needles, as it always caused gayle and jane to just relax and fall asleep... love you little man!!!!
charon & spirit gayle (your forever girl)
Life is good, so very, very good!!! Gayle enjoyed each and every moment of each and every wonderful day (naps included). She left this world December 12, 2011 – off on a new adventure.
Love Never Ends
Congrats on making it this far in your fight, Sammy boy. Lots of treats for everypawdy!
Rio's momma
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Yay Sammy! Congrats on 17 months. Guys like you are such an inspiration to those of us in the early stages of this journey. Thank you for being such a fighter and giving us such hope! Hope you have a perfect Ampuversary!
Lisa and Zeus
Zeus was a Husky mix diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at age 11. A visible lung met and suspicious spot on his liver meant a poor prognosis-six weeks was our vet's best guess. We decided to fight for our boy and his right front leg was amputated on 12/1/11. We did six rounds of chemo, changed his diet and spoiled him completely rotten. We were blessed with 10 great months after diagnosis. Against the odds, the lung met remained a single met and grew very little over those months. A wonderful furbaby with the most gentle spirit, he fought with a strength that we never imagined he possessed. We have no regrets...
http://zeuspod......pawds.com/
Seventeen wonderful months, Sammy! Good for you, good for you, good for YOU!
There will be extra treats at our house tonight in your honor! Maybe even some steak! Woo Hoo!
Happy Ampuversary Sammy! I hope you get a delicious treat to help celebrate this milestone!!
Seventeen months is awesome. Hope you celebrate with lots of treats and kisses!
Marla and Daisy
My Two Tripawds...Biscuit 
and Spirit Daisy 
Not every ampversaries is perfect, but every one is precious. Happy 17 Sammy.
Give that beautiful gray muzzle a kiss from me.
Karen and the pugapalooza
HIP HIP HOORAY is right!!!! Every day is celebration but your ampuversary day is an extra celebration! We'll be passing out a special treat in honor of Sammy tonight!
Comet - 1999 to 2011
She departed us unexpectedly January 23, 2011 at the age of 12 1/2.
She was born with a deformed front leg and a tripawd all of her life.
Sammy, you are such a miracle dawg! Congrats on your pawesome milestone! May there be many many more.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Wow!!!
Way to go, Sammy !
That's just fantastic!
I'm thinking that it's a good sign that he doesn't have the patience for the acupuncture treatments.
I take that to mean that he's feeling so much better that "Hey, why do I have to do this?!"
Yea Sammy !!!
Kona turned 9yrs on April 16, 2010.
Kona was diagnosed Memorial Weekend 2010 with osteosarcoma.
Right rear leg amputated on June 4th. First chemo June 18th 2010
Second chemo July 9th, 2010 Third and final (yea !!!) chemo July 30th, 2010
ONE TOUGH GIRL this Australian Cattledog !
***Kona's journey/fight ended late in the evening of December 22, 2010***
We Love you so much Kona….always
Bella 9yrs, albino lab/aussie shep/pit?(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind (from birth) in one eye limited vision in other.(laid back, ok lazy 73 lbs)
Cotton, 5yrs, albino hound/terrier of somesort/???(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind in one eye(from birth), excellent vision in seeing eye. (ball addict…destroyer of Kong balls…yes,etc), high energy 55lbs knots of muscle)
Kona Kai's pup brother and sister as well as her buddy and playmate cat, Shaymous 12yrs (like Seamus), miss her terribly.
Wow — I didn't realize that it was 17 months. That is pretty amazing! Many, many more sweet Sammy! You are both a lover AND a fighter!!!
— Beth and Spirit Smilin' Sammy
Smilin' Sammy, March 16, 2004 – Dec. 5, 2011
Golden retriever, diagnosed with osteosarcoma in September 2010 — right front leg amputated November 2010. He fought valiantly to stay with us; but a second diagnosis of osteosarcoma, this time in his left front leg, was more than our golden warrior could overcome. He loved his pack — and everyone else he met.
We loved him even more.
Thanks for the pennies, Sammy. They helped.
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