Dog On A Hog ~ New Pack Member

Dog on a Hog would like to introduce ....

Samson Denali. A German Shepherd puppy from Kentucky 

After picking up  Samson  from Kentucky we were heading back to Hamburg, NY. We stopped at a rest stop, as we pulled in I saw a couple walking a little dog, the women had no hair, so I figured that she was getting Chemo.

We were taking a long stop here, we are going to let Samson eat and hopefully he will poop too.

as we are getting everything set out on the picnic table. The lady walks up to us with a leash, but no dog... She is upset, the dog wiggled out of her collar and got off the leash, then ran away. We are in Ohio on route 71 and it's very very busy with trucks and cars. The lady said that the dog is just a puppy (9 months old) and they just pick her up.

I go to where they saw the puppy last, it is in an over grown field on the side of the entrance of the rest stop.  I see the puppy, I have some of Samson's food with me. I try tossing it to her, she starts coming to me... I get down on her level, and she takes off. 

I try to call Mike, but, I left my phone at the table... I start walking back, and the lady comes over.... I tell here I see the puppy, but, I'm afraid to get closer, she is near the on ramp to the rest stop. Her husband comes now, with the blanket that the breeder gave them, with her littermates scent on it. We tell him to walk over to the puppy with the blanket and I give him the rest of the food from my hand. 

He stumbled over to the puppy, neither of the couple are in good shape, and are both out of breath. I stand back and watch as he gets nearer to the puppy. He is shaking the Blanket at it, and it seems to be inching closer to him. I start praying out loud that it will all work out ok, and I pray with the lady for her health. She has stage 4 breast cancer.... She says " I just can't loose this dog, we just picked her up 2 hours ago, and in my condition, I just wouldn't be able to handle it."

The puppy inches closer to the blanket and the man. the women starts walking into the overgrown field too. I stand back and watch. She goes up behind the dog, and takes her time... the puppy inches closer to the man. This just might work..... !!!! She inches closer, and he leans over and gets the puppy. Thank G-d! 

This is my turn..... I run into the field, and grab the puppy from the man. She tries biting me. poor puppy she is so scared.  We wrap the blanket around her, and I just hold her tight. I knew there was NO WAY that they would be able to walk out of the field in their condition with the dog. So we all walked slowly out, puppy relaxed and did ok for the rest of the walk. 

We walked to the truck and got the now tighten collar and leash on her. We put her in the truck, and tied her in so when they opened the door she couldn't jump out.  Then we went over to Mike and Samson.  What a Relief !!!! 

If we didn't stop there for Samson to eat, I don't know what would have happened in that situation. I don't think it would have turned out as good as it did. G-d is good

Samson's first superhero mission at 8 weeks old.

Samson is in Puppy  Pre- K . He is a really smart guy!