And so it begins...

As this is my first blog I thought it best I first introduce myself. My name is Samson and I'm a two year old golden retriever. I was born into extreemly sad circumstances, my mum died when I was only a few days old. Against the odds, me and my three brothers survived thanks to the love and attention we were given by my gran and great gran (and their human family). When I was 9 weeks old I came to live with my human family, although I still get to go and play at the grans house fairly regularly.

My human family consist of mum Gemma and Dad Ben, and they have recently produced a small human whom I have to take great care with. There is also a black and white cat called Leo who brings me mice to play with. We all live in a nice house with a nice big garden for me to play in.

We also have lots of fields of cows around our house which is great as I love to sit and watch the cows and sniff their noses. If no one is watching I also love to roll in their poo too....but mum gets mad if I do this and washes me with the hose so I don't do this too often! This blog is to tell the world about how great life is, despite the sad start that it had. I want to share the stories of my adventures with the world, and as most of them involve large amounts of mud, I have appropriately named my blog 'Memoirs of a muddy dog'. I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures!!