Our First House Guest

Our first week-long house guest came in a form of a brindle-colored, panting, wide-tongued boxer named Samson. Our friend, Katie was going to South Carolina for the week and since Mitchell was still moping around the house (Mitchell spent the week at Samson's house when we went to CA), we offered to take Samson.
Samson can lick the entire side of your face with one lusty lick and loses most of his fluids through drooling; Mitchell adores him. When they play catch Samson loves to grab the ball while Mitchell just follows him around barking at Samson if he strays; never once letting Samson out of his sight. Since Samson is taller than Mitchell, I was worried Samson could jump the fence so we only left the house once all together for Norm's 45th birthday.
It was great having another dog and got us combing through the shelters for Mitchell a playmate (preferably one that doesn't leave a slobber trail).