Lucky Sam!

[Samsmum]

Hello folks, Samsmum calling!
Sam is so lucky - he has a holiday home next door. When we first got Sam, he was terrified of men and growled at them when they came in the house. I am a music teacher, and my students were just used to knocking and walking in the side door. I used to find them looking quite pale, up against the door and Sam giving a ferocious growl. I used to say to them "Just awlk past him and sit down". When they had been sitting down for a couple of minutes, he would go up and lick their hands, and then all was well. That is, except for the elderly gentleman next door. It used to take five minutes to get him past Sam to sit down.
After a few weeks all comers were Sam's bestest friends, except poor Harold. It took a bit longer, but we got there in the end.
Harold was so taken with Sam (Harold's daughter has had to Goldens from Jan) that he asked if he could have him round at his house now and again for company, and he goes round a couple of times a week. Harold is very popular with Sam as he plays with him all the time, and when he comes home he has a little sulk!
At the end of May we were going to Canada to see our daughter, so Harold volunteered to have Sam at his house, and we have never looked back. If we need to be out for several hours, overnight or a weekend away or whatever, he goes next door and is very happy. So happy that sometimes he is reluctant to come home, but is O.K. when he is back in the house.
Sometimes when I bake I take some goodies round for Harold. I open the side door and say to Sam "Let's take some goodies for Harold", and he cuts across Harold's lawn and is waiting at his door when I get there.He is such a luckly lad, and I think he knows it.
Best wishes to you all - Joyce (Samsmum).

[Ellas mum]

What a lovely story, It's made my day.
No wonder Sam can tell a great story, he has a very good teacher
Much nicer to stay with someone they know..and..they get spoilt.

[julie]

Hi Joyce, Great cookbook! Main problem is deciding which to make next - cakes only at the moment tho

Another beautiful golden friendship. Couldn't help it nod and agree through Sam's story. Honey is exactly the same with my Mum. She visits her "Grandma" every day when I am at work, just to supervise! She's spoilt rotten there and loves a sleepover. She even gets a slice of toast cut into soldiers from her Grandma after her breakfast.

[Cobi and Ginnies Mum]

Looking forward to using the cookery book... got another book for a friend.... I could always tell when Mum had been baking as Ceili used to have 'sticky lugs' and would lick out the bowl with cake mixture in it before I collected her from Mum's.