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Pre-Spring Clip

I shot this just minutes before Sam went under the buzzer for his spring hairdo.

Sam will be undergoing surgery on May 15th and there is a chance he may not wake up from the anesthesia, mostly because he is so old. But we have put it off long enough and his quality of life will be so much better if he does make it, and we hope he does (of course).

When I asked the vet, "what happens when he comes through the surgery -- what then?" she answered, "Well, then Sam lives happily ever after." heh. Well, I hope and pray that's the case.

I will be with him every minute of the surgery, holding his paw, stroking his head, talking to him (nonverbally) even though he'll be asleep and he's deaf anyway. I would not be able to say yes to this surgery unless I could be there.

So ... we are having him clipped a little earlier than usual, and since this may be his last spring with his silky long(ish) shiny black and gray coat, I took a ton of photos of him just now.

Just now, he is out in a van that comes to our house to be clipped and groomed. Sam always looks like an embarrassed lab after his spring clipping but he's way more comfortable. I'll post some pics maybe tomorrow of the short-coated retriever, Sam.

up close, more personal ;-D

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Uploaded on Apr 30, 2008

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