Yesterday Sampson had a breakthrough! He has lived here for all of his 15 months of life. He is one of my demodex gang - a family of 17 dogs (only 3 left to go) - 3 generations born from one female rottweiller with severe demodex - Honeybear - 120 pounds of pure sweetness! While his demodex was flaring/regressing/flaring in its journey Sampson stayed in his own little world. He played with Plato or Curley Sue and Coco Brindle. He rarely interacted with the humans around him.  He just didn’t feel well enough to push himself. As he reached a year old  his coat though patchy was coming in a bit better an dhis skin condition has no infections. It was time to take a chance on neutering him. Sampson went in and came home safe and sound. He weighed a hefty 98 pounds! As expected his demodex flared again. Thanks to Cora of Care Collars.com and Cheryl of Smithers the 3 remaining demodex gang started another round of  ivomec and antibiotics. this time we saw a big change - their skin improved - looking almost normal and elastic. Their coat came in shiny, glossy hairs sprinkling good skin. they were getting better - beating the demodex into submission. With the improvement in their demodex came another change - they were friendlier with people. They felt better, happier. They started to play and solicit pats. They asked for treat - actually begging. They started following me outside the front door into the main dog yard. and Sampson went one better yesterday. He walked over the fence and greeted visitors! For the first time ever Sampson went to a stranger to say hello. Needless to say I was ecstatic. And to top it all off - they had cookies! Sampson was rewarded for visiting.  They had come to visit Abe (he will be going home to Smithers on Wednesday once they have bought all his new gear!) Sampson’s big tail was waving, his wrinkled face grinning. Sampson made the rounds of visitors gently accepting pats and cookies. Way to go big guy! I think he is ready for his own family!

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