Samson-Our Best Friend

Drawing animals is something I throughly enjoy and drawing my friends families animals from photographs. I have made an effort to capture the beauty of "man's best friend" as well as their unique personalities. No two dogs are the same and any dog lover knows this very well. This drawing of my dog Samson is something we cherish deeply. We found Samson from an ad in the newspaper. His father was so ferocious we could not see him but boy did we hear him. Out of a litter of 8 pups this dog seemed to walk right into our hearts. He was Shepard/Malamute mix according to the owners. He turned out to be a very gentle dog but his name fit him perfectly. He played with kids never harming anyone. He also was very smart and was easily trained. We had rescued a blind tan chow that was blind from the animal shelter just before we found Samson. She was about to be put down and I was not going to let this happen. The reason I am telling you about Harry is because she and Samson became our family in rapid succession. We initially went to the shelter looking for a German Shepard  but when we saw this sad blind, chow with mangled hair that no one wanted and had maxed out her time we brought her home. She was so happy to get out of the pen we quickly fell in love with her. Being a true dog lover I still wanted a Shepard and we felt that she should have a companion. They took to each other like bread and butter. They will both live in our memories and these hand drawn pictures remind us of their unconditional love they shared with us.