Sammy understood the working man because he was a working man.
The year was 2012, Sammy and I were in New York City building the “Everybody Loves Sammy” and “Dr. Harp Seal online communities on Facebook (page links below). We were just a couple of kids giving it everything we had. I was 43 years old at the time and Sammy was 8 years old.
Despite being an internet celebrity, Sammy was a man of the people. He did know he was famous, and for me he was just the love of my life. He was my little Budski, my main name for him in our private life.
From morning until night, our days were full of hard work. We writing, doing photo shoots, and running all over the city, chatting with everyone we met. Sammy was a people magnet. Crowds followed us wherever we went. The only reason DriveWithCompassion(dot)com exists is because of the “Everybody Loves Sammy” online community on Facebook. While I will never compare anyone to Muhammad Ali, I can tell you this: Sammy also shook up the world.
For whatever reason, on the morning of Thursday, January 30th, 2020, he just decided to never wake up again. He was gone like the wind. He had been completely fine the day before. I had plans for our future together, and for life had other plans and took him out of the picture.
While DriveWithCompassion.com now covers many topics about humanity, it all started on the 54th floor in the sky on 38th Street and 1st Avenue in New York City. My current wolfpack and I will always know that it was Sammy who made everything possible.
On this Labor Day weekend, I remember the hardest working dog in the world who also happened to be the love of my life, Sammy, my little Budski
Some beings are so lit up on the inside that they shine on the outside. Sammy was like that.
Links to our FB pages:
Everybody Loves Sammy
Dr. Harp Seal