HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I just have word that TODAY, Friday, December 30th, by popular demand, CNN will be re-airing SAM's video clips!  This will run several times today on CNN during the PAula Zahn Show.  YEAH!  We get to see SAMMIE again!

Did anyone see SAM on AOL home page the other day?  They had a contest for the wildest animal photo of the year.  There were about sixteen entries but our beloved SAM won, gleaning 47% of the vote!  The next closest won only 17%!  I am so happy that he is not being forgotten.   Thank you all for your votes for him.

I am off to LAX to pick up my best friend and sister (same person) and we are off on a very short family mission in the desert of So Cal for New Year's Eve.  I wish you all a very Healthy, Safe, Blessed and Happy New year with your family, your friends and of course, your PETS!!  Thank you for making 2005, the year of SAM!!!!  God Bless Us, Everyone!

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[Susie]

Susie,

I must've been too caught up in volunteering with rescued Boxers, rescued Katrina/Rita dogs (at the Houston SPCA) and rescued horses at Habitat for Horses (Hitchcock, TX) to have seen the story on "Sam the Ugliest Dog" --until tonight, that is.

So when Paula Zahn's NOW had a segment a half-hour ago, I watched it and cried my head off, then went to your website and found your blog.

I add my heartfelt sentiments to the millions who are writing to thank you for adopting and loving Sam, for giving him the life of Riley, and for showing us that ugly is beautiful.

May your one kind deed ripple out to save many more pets, reduce puppy mill and shelter populations, and bring more joy to the animal kingdom -- and thus peace to the whole world!

BLESS YOU for donating to Best Friends and other dog rescues. Sammie is proud of you, Susie. Just as my misshapen rescued Boxer Olivia, who was with me for two years and who is now over the Rainbow Bridge with Sam, is perhaps proud of me for helping needy doggies in her memory.

Lovingly,
A horse-and-dog-loving friend from Houston