Good morning friends.

We’re not just standing with the populace in The United States, we’re standing with the populace throughout the world.

It’s true, The Untied States of America has changed for the worse as of November 9th, 2016.

But thanks to globalization, the world is more one than ever before. And that is a great thing. After all, that is what connected all of us here, and many others around the world.

So if we take a look at things through sunny side up lenses, we’re really living in, “The United Countries of the World”

Thinking of the Apprentice from a global perspective, sure minimizes him in size to me.

Happy Friday everyone.

#Globalization #Trump #TheApprentice

Good evening friends.

We have very special story tonight. Say hello to Gabriella Botalla-Bell and family. From left to right, Gabriella, Diesel, a 15 year old short haired male Chihuahua, Gabriela’s husband, Chris, and Gucci Bear, an 8 year old long haired female Chihuahua.

Gabriella and family also have a 5 year old bunny rabbit named Millie Vanilli. Yes, that Millie Vanilli. Gabriella loves music from the 80’s. We can all relate to that. I still have a crush on Debbie Gibson as you all know and my favorite band of all time is Def Leppard.

Now normally, one would think that two dogs and a rabbit would trigger the phrase, Three’s a crowd” — But not this time friends. Diesel, Gucci Bear and Milli Vanilli are more like “The Three Musketeers”. Things are so chummy with these Musketeers, that Milli Vanilli, the bunny rabbit, sometimes thinks he’s a dog.

Ok, we have some fun facts here on how Diesel and Gucci Bear got their name.

Let’s start with Diesel. — Gabriella loves the smell of gasoline, Diesel is an Italian Designer as we all know, and Gabriella’s mother is 100 percent Italian. Put it all altogether and it just had to be “Diesel”

Chris came up with the name for Gucci Bear – Gucci, as in the designer we all know, and Bear because when she was a baby she looked like a bear. Chris was always thinking about trademarking her name so nobody else can use it. For for all intensive purposes, please nobody use that name, lol.

When push comes to shove, no matter what their names are, Diesel, Gucci Bear and Milli Vanilli are the loves of their loves as Gabriella put it so perfectly today.

Diesel and Gucci are in love with Chris, he spoils them like crazy. I guess it’s true what they say, “Dogs are Man’s best friend.  I always thought they meant “Man” as a specie, but maybe it’s literal as in gender, lol.

As for Millie, that is Gabriella’s baby. He gives her kisses and behaves just like dogs do.

Gabriella and Chirs, thank you for sharing the story of your pets with us tonight. I really enjoyed learning about them. As animal loving people, we all have our own methodology of how we communicate with them and what we name them.

If anyone ever overheard me talking to my 6 dogs, anyone in their right mind would be like, “That guy is crazy, he literally talks to his dogs”

But in the end, whether its this idiosyncrasy, or that methodology, it’s like Gabriella said, “They are the loves of our lives”

Sammy & Family wants to thank Gabriella and Chris for making the world a better place, three animals at a time.

The Path to a better World flows through the Humane treatment of all Animals”

Sincerely, Scott Smith for Sammy & Family.

Good evening friends.

Say hello to Mr. Man. Yes, the cat’s name is Mr. Man. How great is that ? — He’s 17 years old and a member of our great friend’s family, Amy Farris Kilbride.

Mr. Man was a rescue. He had one owner for all is 13 years until the owner relocated to Oregon and had to give him up.

Amy adopted him about 4 years ago on her birthday. Great birthday present by the way. Amy was decent enough to want Mr. Man to live out his life in peace and with pure love.

He’s a full blooded Maine Coon. Mr. Man is a big boy as you can see in the picture. But as the story goes with us animal lovers, Mr. Man has Amy very well trained, lol.

About 8 months after Amy and Mr. Man rescued each other, he got sick (gallbladder ) and the vet I took him to (who had the ironic name of Dr. Sunshine ) said, “Well, he’s old, so I understand if you don’t want to invest in him and just put him down.

Amy was appalled and left immediately. With loving care and a different vet, he recovered. through that experience, he learned to trust Amy and he firmly bonded with her.

Mr. Man is a healer. He rests on wherever she  has aches or pains, even Amy’s heart.

Amy, thank you for sharing Mr. Man’s story with us. Yes, too many times veterinarians are to quick to suggest putting animals down.  I’ve seen it and heard that quite a bit.

I was very moved by this story and wanted to make sure our friends from around the world heard it. Animals are healers, which is not surprising because they’re literally angels walking amongst us.

Amy describes it perfectly how Mr. Man is so keen on where she’s in pain. Nobody knows us like our animals do. Nobody.

Sammy & Family wants to thank Amy for making the world a better place one animal at a time.

A random act of kindness may not change the word but it changes the world for the recipient of that kindness.

Signing off from Puerto Rico. Scott Smith for Sammy & Family.

Good evening friends.

We have a very special post tonight. Say hello to Emee on the left with her brother, Little Britches on the right. Emee is 10 years old today. What a tremendous milestone.

Emee and Little Britches are members of our great friends Benda Limer and Family. Brenda is a big time animal lover. She has always been involved with animal rescue.

Let’s hear what Brenda has to say about rescuing Emee.

“I bought Emee when she was 3mos. old. I thought I had done all the checking on the kennel that she came from, but Sadly I didn’t know enough at that time. Our ride home with her was a nightmare. She had curled up in my arms and was sleeping to begin with. We had a 4 hour drive ahead of us. Not long after picking her up she woke up but was lethargic & a bit glazed in her eyes. I gave her some sugar supplement that I had brought with me, thinking it was just a matter of low blood sugar with all the traveling she was doing that day.

She perked up & was fine till we went to bed. A that time, I noticed she was not acting right. I again gave her the sugar supplement, but to no avail, Emee ended up having a really bad night.

I rushed her to emergency vet early the next morning. I found out she was so full of worms and they were draining her. Needless to say I was beyond upset.

After we got her medicine and fluids, I took her home to continue to care for her. She came close to dying on me that night. She is what made me do a lot of research on puppy mills and the lengths they’ll go to sell their puppies.

I’ve been an advocate for puppy mill babies, their moms & dads ever since. I’m very Thankful for this little girl who has given me so much joy when I needed it most. She is always by my side. She makes me laugh with her silly antics. She is still active at ten years old.  later.

Emee loves when a throw a ball to her. It depends on her mood if the little snits will bring it back to me to throw again. She is also the alpha of the pack here and let’s everyone know it. Typical for Pomeranian’s by the way.

What Emee says goes! The others tow the line with her around. She quick to give me her kisses & snuggle on my lap with the rest of the pack for a nap. She always has her special place in my lap and my heart. Her kisses lift my spirits & lets me know she loves me still. I will never regret the day I brought her home, the money we spent to buy her or the vet bill the following day. As they say “Who rescued who?”

Brenda, that was an incredible story. Thank you for sharing your journey with Emee with us. I was very moved when reading this story. It’s amazing how these little innocent souls take our lives to new heights.

Sammy & Family wants to thank Brenda for making the world a better place several animals at a time. Nobody can change, but everybody can change someone’s world. And Brenda has changed the lives of animals for the good over and over again in her life.

Happy Birthday Emee. Love Sammy & Family .