Sammy the Service Dog

04/09/2025

Something that may seem like a small task to many.. but has been very helpful to momma. Not to mention he loves learning knew things.
Now we feed him in different places of the house because he only eats when I am with him 😬 but he loves going to get his bowl for the next meal!!

03/27/2025

‼️‼️ If you could PLEASE throw up a prayer for my Sammy boy and me... we aren't sure if he has an infected hot spot or has been bit by something. But my Sammy is not himself and not doing okay right now😭🩵🐕‍🦺
XOXO
Sammy's Momma🫶

03/21/2025

🩵🐕‍🦺🩵GIVEAWAY TIME 🩵🐕‍🦺🩵

If you are reading this post straight from Sammy the Service Dog page. AWESOME-SAUCE!!! YOU, my friend, are one of my 432 followers that have helped us get where we are today!!! You have all participated in some way!! Now, I need your help with growing his page!!!
Today march the 20th I have 432 followers and would love to have 500 followers by April the 1st. By creating this page I have been able to offer advice to others interested in getting a service dog and reach out to people I have met through Sammy. Help others through their diagnosis and many other things!! Also, Dysautonomia was never considered a rare disease even though people thought it was. It was just never talked about... NOW... we are finally getting research, clinical trials and different sources to help patients get answers, proper treatment and with the correct specialists! I would love to grow Sammy's page as big as I can and hopefully one day be a part of that!

If I reach my goal of 500 followers by April 1st I will giveaway your choice of a $50 gift card to 43 grill, Longhorn, Walmart or a Gas Card!!

❤️💕❤️ RULES TO QUALIFY❤️💕❤️

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03/20/2025

Okay so since the bio section will only allow you to have 255 characters... and i done wrote a novel... I'll post it here and pin it🤣
Heyy Everyone!!! I just wanted to tell you a little about Sammy!! Sammy is a miniature bernadoodle and currently two years old he turned two on February 24th this year! Sammy LOVES his momma and love helping his momma. He has completed all of of his training classes for service dog training. Although we still plan on going back to the amazing Aaron McDonald and adding a few more things for Sammy to learn. I went through Three Dimensional Dog training where they taught me how to train Sammy. Things may have been stressful in the beginning but was all well worth it in the end! Currently Sammy does all of the following: health checks, deep pressure therapy for pain and anxiety, item Retrieval, blocking (to keep a good distance between me and another person when standing still), HR alert, seeking help and many more. Sammy LOVES to learn new things and gets reallly excited when we work on teaching new stuff! He is a working dog and always will be a working dog but he however still loves to run around in the back yard and play in all the leaves when we have leaves all over the ground. His FAVORITE time is when he gets an off day and gets to enjoy a day of daycare at Barktown Alabama!! Being a working dog and having a working dog is extremely hard especially if you love dogs like I do. In the beginning I had a very difficult time telling people no about petting or touching Sammy worried they'd be mad, but now I have the understanding that my health is more important and he is going to act off my energy. I do have to brag on him because there have been a few occasions of people trying to pet him while I am talking to them and he turns his head or lies down to avoid them and focuses his eye contact with me. One of the biggest things I have learned through this process.. is he familiarizes himself with places we go to often (ex the bank where my mom works or certain drs) when he realizes this is a place we visit often he likes to, what i call introduce himself, to people. When we are around the people we know he sits looks at me and I knod my head.. he will walk up to the person smell there hand... he either gives you a paw or comes back to me... we have NO clue what each one means.. paw has always bean a positive thing in the house with Sammy. So my only assumption is.. if you get a paw you have his approval if you don't... 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ but he does better, even able to work and focus more on me when he has introduce himself. ESPECIALLY at a Dr's office 🤣 he's a little protective of that. But you see us at the ballfield or walmart and he's ALLLLL momma!!!

Also, since life was really lifing on his birthday and I didn't get to do the fundraiser I wanted... I do plan on still doing the yearly mother's day fundraiser (giveaway) this year!! So stay tuned for that!!!

02/26/2025

Big boy spent the day with momma and JuJu at Dr's appointments, lunch and grocery shopping. He did so good as always!! I love my Sammy!!
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02/26/2025

01/11/2025

❕️🩵If you have EVER reached out to me over the years for with questions about my diagnosis with Dysautonomia or contacted me for advice or support on your diagnosis check your Facebook messenger for exciting news 🩵❕️
** even if you haven't personally reached out message ir contact me and I would LOVE to share the good news coming!!!

01/02/2025

12/31/2024

**Really Late Post**
Christmas was a bit different this year for me. I was sooo behind. Or what felt like behind to me. I didn't get to stick to my "normal schedule" like I usually do. I didn't even have time to finish all my decorations😭. However, when I did get started I started decorating the kitchen and the first tree up was the Pioneer Woman Christmas Tree.
I had been in a flare for several days before Istarted decorating. Sammy is usually close by me. But every now and then he'll run off and play or lay with trea and Zalinah. On this day, when I started decorating he was extra close though, but i felt "fine🤷‍♀️". While getting the tree set up, he randomly jumps up on me and health checks me (smells my breath). Then, he drops his paws to my thighs applies pressure signaling for me to sit down. So, I do as I am told and sit like a good human of a service dog. And I sit... YALL!!! He doesn't let me get up for a good 30 minutes. Possibly longer but honestly doesn't matter to me. Because two years ago when i didn't have him. I would have been found lying on the ground next to that tree by either Trea or Zalinah.
Sammy has stopped me from having so many episodes there is no point in even counting them. We are so beyond thankful for our Sammy!!!!

XOXO
~Sammy & Anna

12/30/2024

I have been doing some hard core deep cleaning in the kitchen the last several days... yes several days.. in one room. Us chronically ill people are lucky to even finish one room before being bedridden 😂🤷‍♀️
But.. while I was cleaning out the old medicine cabinet and rearranging things. I dropped something off the counter (yes was sitting on the counter under human and service dog supervision 😊😊) without any kind of command!!! Sammy got up immediately picked up the item and gave it to momma just like a good boy does!
So proud of you Sammy!!!
🩵Always
~Sammy &Anna
Three Dimensional Dog

12/13/2024

11/29/2024

❤️Rare Post❤️
I know Sammy isn't in this picture but dont worry he was under my feet the whole time! One of the things I miss the most before my health started going downhill is cooking and baking. When I first got married I cooked six days a week! Did I bake all the time? No.. but I absolutely loved finding new recipes or making things from scratch. Especially making old family recipes!! I get questions and comments ALL the time about me not cooking much. Like.. do you ever cook for your family? Do you even know how to cook? Or I don't understand why it's so difficult to do something so simple.. TRUST ME I would love nothing more but to be able to cook like used to! My health slowly started going downhill at first and the cooking just slowed down. Then the cooking stopped just as fast as my health went down.
Something that most people don't realize about any chronic illness is most likely the person is also diagnosed with chronic fatigue. So by the time you do the prep, the cooking ALL the things that has to be done. It is mentally (helloooo brain fog) and physically exhausting.
Another thing that makes cooking really hard for me is I have temperature intolerance with my POTS. Which means my body has a really hard time adjusting to temperature changes.. opening the oven door, standing over a hot steamy stove and then walking away, or it could be ANYTHING! Like if I walk outside right now and our thermostat is set on 64, it's currently 38 degrees outside. My body is going to freak out on me if I just step out two seconds and then right back in.. I have to gradually make my way out and back in (which isn't easy).
Something so simple as standing up can be one of the hardest parts to cooking. Especially if you're cooking something that involves you to keep an eye on, or turn and grab things. Standing in general for too long can trigger dizziness. Then you add turning to get something to standing up for a while.. most likely with me... will end with the room going black real quick.
🩵 Now if you've stuck with me this long and read this far... here's the point of this post🤣. This morning I chose laughter, giggles, and a HORRIBLE mess in the kitchen but an amazing memory with Zalinah over my health. She's been wanting to make cake batter cookies for a while and we finally did it this morning! She wanted to do them by herself so she could take them to Thanksgiving. Buutttt I wasn't for that😬. So instead we had the BEST time this morning baking cookies like we used to when she was so small she sat on the counter to help me. Was it easy? Absolutely not... she definitely picked up slack when I was struggling.. and honestly she did most of the work.. did I suffer the consequences.. yes, a few... I wasnt able to eat my Thanksgiving food at first.. but I got there eventually. But I was still with my family listening to everyone laugh and reminisce on the past. ANNDDD it was Sammy's first Thanksgiving family get together!!!
I really really hope there are more moments like this in the future.. and praying one day when she is a little older. I can just supervise and share all my secrets with her.
I love you Zalinah RayAnne!
Moon and Stars 🩷🩵💜