Goodbye Samson

As some of you may know, Chris and I adopted a beautiful Yellow Labrador last month. He was the sweetest dog.. trained and a good running partner. He took to us like we were his own. He got sick about a week or so after we got him. Runny nose, loss of appetite, loss of energy. So, we took him to the vet. He diagnosed him with just an upper-respiratory infection and gave us antibiotics to give him. Samson got worse through the few weeks and we took him back for another evaluation. This time the diagnosis was distemper. It's a virus that attacks their nervous system.

Samson, suffered through all the symptoms these passed few weeks, and through some reading, Chris knew that he wasn't going to get any better. Samson wanted to live, but the virus was taking over his body. He could barely walk, and when he did, he would wobble. He would fall to his knees and sometimes even flat on his face. The pads of his paws were so hard, it made it even more difficult to walk.

Today, Chris and I brought Samson back to the vet for his last evaluation. There, he was put to sleep. The distemper had taken over his complete nervous system that time would only tell when he would pass on his own.

We brought his body home and buried him in our backyard.