Samantha a'Pooch
Born: April 14, 1995
Sex: Female
Owner: John Bradley
Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
Adult Weight: 55 lbs
 
chumley 6mo & sam 6week.jpg (49145 bytes) "What's this?!?  A new puppy?  Why wasn't I consulted?"  Samantha, at 6 weeks.
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At 2.5 months, she's taken a notice to the photographer.

chum 7mo, sam 3mo 2.jpg (40466 bytes) And decided she doesn't like him!
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Important to hold the ears down - you never know when there'll be a sudden gust of wind.

sam 3mo.jpg (65334 bytes) Three months.
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"I'm in no mood!"

sam 4mo.jpg (77772 bytes) Four months.
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One year, and doing her killer bunny-rabbit impersonation.

sam, chum - 8-96.jpg (80801 bytes) As I said elsewhere, she makes a fine pillow.  And yes, I keep a floor jack on my bed.  Don't you?
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One and a half years old.

04.jpg (124209 bytes) Sammy, 2 years old.
12.jpg (124697 bytes) "Aww man!  Who farted?"
23.jpg (126373 bytes) "Listen bub, y'ever hear that old line about 'letting sleeping dogs lie?!?'"
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It's not that I set out to wake the dogs up so I can take these pictures.  It's just that they're invariably asleep!

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Art Shot:  "Basset by Candlelight"

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"Yo Ace, do you think it'd be asking too much for you to run the frickin' vacuum cleaner now and then?  Some of us gotta sleep down here, y'know!"

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Part of the fun of bassets is their general willingness to be put into stupid poses.

R01-03a.jpg (41213 bytes) "Yeah, I know, 'big as a house'..."  A very pregnant Sammy, right before her third litter.
sam_xmas99.jpg (68380 bytes) Christmas 1999:  "Great... antlers.   What's next - a glowing red nose?"
Sam portrait.jpg (82153 bytes) Tasteful semi-pro portrait.
Sam portrait2.jpg (63410 bytes) And another.
Sam singing.jpg (54108 bytes) And she has such a lovely singing voice!
Sam in snow.jpg (70376 bytes) Silently, the great white huntress stalks her prey...