October | 2015 | Everybody Loves Sammy

Jo Ann and Sammy in the FlatIron District of NYC

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Its great to be alive on October 22nd, 2015. It didn’t have to be this way, thank God that it is. This is Jo Ann and Sammy catching a great photo opp with the Empire State Building in background. My mother is 5 feet, 1 inch, and Sammy is one foot. So together they are 6.1 feet tall. Which is kind of odd because they look like they are half the size of the Empire State Building. I guess is what they mean when they say: “Optical Illusion”

OK friends, lets kick this day off with two Positive Notions.

1. Remember to the youngies out here, A.D.D. and ADHC is a gift, not a condition. It means you already know what the other person is trying to say before they say it, and you just want them to move onto the next topic.

2. Here’s what I say to someone who is fired up about something way to early in the morning; “Hey man, do you know where i can buy some frozen snickers around here ? That my friends is how you bring someone to an immediate halt and silence.

Day 285 here in Puerto Rico. I still have not progressed in speaking Spanish at all. I have improved my social media skills if that counts for anything. #Prioritizing

See you tonight friends.

Dr Harp Seal with a special visit on October 21st, 2015

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good evening friends.

We have a special visitor from Dr Harp Seal tonight. You might want to think of his as a “Good News Channel” correspondent.

The doctor told me in life sometimes you have to fight for what you want. But he made the distinction to be sure its what you want. Fighting to be right is a lot different than fighting for what you want. Try not to let your ego blur vision with respect to that.

He went on to say, “The path to a better world flows through the humane treatment of all animals” — If we get that right it will trickle down positively through everything else.

This land is their land, this land is our land, this land is made for them and us.

Signing off from Puerto Rico, Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

Happy Poppy Tuesday on October 20, 2015

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Happy Poppy Tuesday. A day filled with Hope and Possibilities. Remember, if the Pops can do it, anyone can. This is the Pops and I when we first came together. His heart was still bruised from his start in life at this point. He was still wondering wast this is his new home or is it just temporary.

He had known yet that he completed Sammy & Family. This was two year ago. And now the Pops is the star of our community every Tuesday. Not bad for a little boy that was lost in NYC and nobody wanted him. While we do have 4 other dogs that we love to death, I must admit I do favor Poppy. The rest of the crew are cool with that also. Its almost like our other dogs know Poppy had a very rough start in life.

I would literally in jump in front of a bus to save him no matter what the consequence. I could Not image a life without him. I’m starting to think its time to ramp up my tattoo collection, one for each dog we have. I just hope that doesn’t make people nervous when I start my frozen Snickers dreamson the beach, lol.

OK friends, lets kick this Poppy Tuesday off with two Positive Notions.

1. The path to a better world flows through the humane treatment of all animals.

2. There are no coincidences in life, everything happens for a reason. For example, Dog spelled backwards is “God”

See you tonight friends. Day 283 here in Puerto Rico.

The Fountain of Youth

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Hello friends. Today’s message is; “The Fountain of Youth” — You can watch the video, or just below video read the text version. Enjoy.

Good morning friends.. Dr. Harp Seal. Thank you for stopping.

So today let’st talk about young or feeling old. I have shared many times about a miserable human being until just about 39 years old. I’m not proud of that, but that’s how it was. I can tell you that in those first 39 years, I could not have felt any older Having found some happiness in my forties, I have never felt younger.

So in conclusion, if your feeling old, my prescription is that you seek happiness immediately. If you don’t know what makes you happy yet, that’s OK, for the purposes of this message, I just want to emphasis, it has nothing to do with age. When you start feeling happy, you’ll start feeling younger. Guaranteed.

Have a great day friends. Day 282 here in Puerto Rico. Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

Checking in on Sunday Night, October 18th, 2015

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good evening friends.

Its great to be here with everyone. Pardon me for being remiss past few days. We hope everyone had a great weekend. Jessica and I are going back to the basics of keeping the community upbeat, positive and of course with an underlying tone for animal welfare.

We still have a very serious matter that we have to deal with as you all know. I am putting together a very large feature in the next 10 days or about exactly what is going on with our family. It will be on our website where you can read if you like, or take a pass if you don’t.

Having said that, we have a great surprise for everyone this Wednesday on “The Good News Channel” about the worlds smartest Raccoon, yes Raccoon. We have been writing about animals for years, and I honestly have never seen anything like this in my life. So tune in Wednesday morning.

Love you all. See you in the morning. Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

Sunday with Sammy and a happy Quokka

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Happy Sunday Funday. Sammy and his Quokka friend stopped by to wish you all a great day. They say that “Quokka’s are on of the happiest animals alive” — They are known to have great dispositions and temperaments. Quokka’a are from Australia.

Sammy & Family love Sunday mornings. Its the morning where we let imagination in the door and back into our lives. Sunday is where we get to be us again, the people we set out to be from the very beginning.

OK, lets kick this day off with two positive notions.

1. Being its Sunday I plan on doing a whole lotta of nothing today.

2. Being its Sunday, we have an excuse not to shower today.

See you tonight friends. Day 281 here in Puerto Rico. Peace and Love.

Debbie Gibson Does It Her Way

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Sammy & Family is thrilled to have the one and only Debbie Gibson featured on “The Good News Channel” — We have been major fans of Debbie since the beginning of her career in the mid 1980’s all the way through her professional life now in 2015. We are “DebHeads” and nothing is going to change that. The world is a better place with Debbie Gibson in it. She been making people happy from continent to continent for 30 years now. Wow.

Two sensations from the 80’s, Debbie Gibson and the Rubix Cube. The only difference is Debbie Gibson is also a sensation in the new millennium. The Rubix cube is still dated back in the 1980’s. And full disclosure, still impossible for many to solve. Photo Credit: Troy Smith Photography

As I’ve told many of our friends from around the world, I originally grew up in Long Island, New York. To me, Long Island only had 4 things going on. We had Billy Joel, the Piano man, Debbie Gibson, The Piano girl, the Miracle Mile for shopping and The Roosevelt Mall for more shopping. That is how I saw Long Island. And as we all remember Debbie was a major fan of Billy Joel, and he was a big part of what inspired her career from the very beginning. As a matter of fact, she was even brought on stage once by the Piano Man himself to duet and play keys on “Keeping The Faith” at the Nassau Coliseum.

Debbie Gibson from her appearance on the Celebrity Apprentice. This Celebrity Apprentice pic is copyright to NBC Universal

Let me take it a step further. Every guy on Long Island, whether you knew Debbie or not, had a crush on her. You see with me, my crush never left. I still have it even as a married man. A quick funny story, right before my wife and I got married on June 15th, 2013, I told my wife to be at that time, there is one stipulation to this marriage. I told her about my crush on Debbie and its non negotiable. The crush goes to the grave with me. My wife to be said to me, “that is a very strange thing to say to someone right before you’re going to marry them” — And I knew it was, but I’m a DebHead, and DebHeads hold their ground. So Vanessa, my wife to be said, “Scott it’s kind of funny you mentioned that because I too have a stipulation to this marriage. She said “I have a non negotiable crush on Leonardo Dicaprio and I insist we see every movie that he comes out with, as well as watch him on any movie playing on cable, on any given night.“

photo credit is RayGarciaPhotography.com

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In Loving Memory of Ann Marie Harvey Mershon

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good evening friends.

Tonight our great friend Kim Mershon steps up with a hard to believe story. We are not going to edit anything she wrote. This was pure heart and guts to write on such a topic.

Here’s Kim;

“I am trying to reach as many people as I can in the hopes that some will find resources to get help and get away from their abusers. My Mom was only 40 when my father killed her after many years of abuse & torture. He was a violent, sadistic savage who took pleasure in the pain of others. Being that it is domestic violence awareness month, I want to share as much as I can, as far as I can. Here is the text from the about section of her page, please feel free to contact me with if you have any questions or need further info. I created the page in 2013 when it was the 30th anniversary of her death:

My Mother was murdered on May 25, 1983 by her husband, she was 40 years old. This year marks 30 years that we have lived without her and not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and miss her. I was 11 when she died and 12 when I testified against him (I refuse to call him my father, he was NOT a father). It started with a shove and escalated to a slap and she swore it would get better and he would stop but it never gets better and they don’t stop, they escalate. Slaps turned into to punches and kicks and beatings and rape and being threatened in her own home with guns and knives.

No one should have to live like that, especially at the hands of someone who is supposed to love them. I don’t know why she stayed with him, I’ve asked that question thousands of times over the years and I have no answer and I never will. Women stay in violent relationships for any reason and no reason and sometimes just because they can’t believe they can live and be ok without a man. I cannot imagine anything worse than being afraid in your own home and if you’re being hurt by the man who claims to love you, you need to get out NOW! Especially if you have children, they didn’t ask to be in this situation and they need to come first and be protected.

Domestic violence laws have changed since 1983 but so many women are beaten, terrorized and killed every single day by their significant others and it needs to stop. You are worth so much more than being someone’s punching bag and you can be ok on your own. No one should stay in a violent relationship for any reason, I would rather scrub toilets in grand central station and live in a closet than be afraid to go home. I created this page to remember my Mother and I hope to enlighten people and maybe give someone the courage to reach out and get help and get away before its too late. Its not just you, your whole family suffers with you. God Bless all of the victims of domestic violence!

Kim has a Facebook page in memory of her mother and others that may be victims of domestic violence. Here is the link to that Facebook Page; In Loving Memory of Ann Marie Harvey Mershon.

Thanks so much!!

Kim Mershon

Melanie Raccoon

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

We have a fascinating feature today. Say hello to Melanie Raccoon. As you know, we have been writing on all kinds of animals for years, but I have never in my life come across such an intelligent and sweet animal as Melanie Raccoon. I have to believe Melanie is one of the smartest animals on Earth, and certainly the smartest Raccoon. Kimberly Unger, originally from the US and now living in England, is Melanie’s human mom. Kimberly says, “Melanie is like a daughter to me because we have such a wonderful bond.” — Just recently a documentary was filmed about Melanie and Kimberly, and will most likely be broadcast on Television. Sammy & Family would love to see that.

Melanie Raccoon and human mom, Kimberly Unger chilling in the car together. Photo credit goes to; http://vsitv.net

Kimberly is originally from Delaware, and moved to England 5 years ago. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Equine Science. Equine science is a specialization within animal science, which involves the study of reproduction, physiology, behavior and nutrition of horses. To say that Kimberly knows animals, is the understatement of the century.

Melanie can be very curious and inquisitive. She loves to explore and learn.

Kimberly has done animal behavioral research with internationally renowned animal behaviorists. She has had animals all of her life, has worked with, and trained other animals, including horses, dogs, parrots, etc. Kimberly has ridden horses for over 20 years and used to compete in show jumping. Kimberly currently has 3 baby raccoon’s that she is training and socializing.

Despite Melanie being a domesticated house pet, she makes time to get in touch with nature.

There is a stigma about animals that know so many tricks and behaviors, that they are not really happy. Often people think of the circus when they see such a smart animal. I want to make the distinction in this feature, that a raccoon or most animals for that matter, if taken care of and loved, can be just as great as having a dog. The fact that an animal is so smart is not indicative of the animal’s state of happiness or unhappiness. The treatment of the animal is.

The “Everybody Loves Sammy” community, which is comprised of animal lovers around the world, can say unequivocally that Melanie Raccoon is extremely loved, cared for and happily stimulated with all that she learns.

Melanie always make time for recreation. She’s smooth as a cucumber on her little Scooter.

OK, so lets find out who Melanie Raccoon is and what she’s all about. Melanie is four years old. Kimberly got her when she was 8 weeks old. Melanie is captive and hand raised. She knows over 100 behaviours. This little raccoon has the intelligence of a child. She’s almost human, but in critter form, so to speak.

Melanie Loves her Porridge. Look at that smile while she prepares for her next taste

It’s funny, people normally think of raccoons in the sense of the animals that knock over our garbage cans at night while we sleep. But all animals would do that in order to find food to survive, even domesticated dogs if they had to. Kimberly shows us that raccoons, if loved and taken care of, can be just as great as any other pet companion. You can also see Melanie on Instagram.

Auditions for Britain’s Got Talent 2013. Kimberly and Melanie were judged by David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell. Photo credit goes to ITV.com

Melanie Raccoon’s YouTube Channel – You can also just click on picture above to bounce to Melanie’s YouTube Chanel. Friends, this Channel is a must see. Melanie Raccoon can do things some people can’t even do. I truly have never see anything like this in my life.

Melanie is very musically inclined, despite nibbling on the drumstick sometimes.

Melanie is so smart that she does not need a GPS to know where she is going. She can just look out the window and know exactly where she is. You can find Melanie on FB also; Melanie Raccoon.

Melanie can be very preppy and academic. Being from England she has learned to be very proper.

Information about Melanie and Kimberly

Visit Melanie and Kimberly at their upcoming website: www.melanieraccoon.co.uk (the site is under construction, but please bookmark it for future reference).

Melanie is four years old.
She is captive bred and hand raised.
I got her when she was 8 weeks old, and I have taught her over 100 behaviours.
She loves people and other animals.
She is used to traveling in trains, buses, cars, and boats.
She loves to go for long walks and is used to traffic.
Melanie is like a daughter to me because we have such a wonderful bond.
Teaching her behaviors has strengthened this bond.
I have 3 baby raccoon’s who I am training/socializing now
I am from Delaware, in the USA, and moved to England 5 years ago.
I have a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Equine Science.
I have done animal behaviour research with internationally renown animal behaviourists.
I have had animals all of my life and have worked with and trained other animals, including horses, dogs, parrots, etc.
I have ridden horses for over 20 years and used to compete in show jumping.
Besides Melanie, I have three baby raccoons, an Aru Island Eclectus parrot, an Indian ring neck parakeet, a red-whiskered bulbul bird, a Hovawart dog, and two rare rabbit breeds.

Melanie can be very Shakespearean; “To Swing, or not to swing, that is the question?”

Fun Facts About Raccoons

President Coolidge and his wife had a raccoon named Rebecca.

The raccoon’s scientific name, Procyon lotor, means “washer dog” but it is a closer relative to the bear family.

Raccoons rank higher than cats and just below monkeys on the mammal IQ scale.

The word raccoon means “one who rubs, scrubs, and scratches with its hands”, and has been derived from the Proto-Algonquin language.

Raccoons are highly intelligent and have a manual dexterity close to that of apes. Their long delicate fingers easily open clam shells, trash cans and doors.

A raccoon can run at speeds up to 15 miles per hour.

Racoons are omnivorous animals, and eat acorns, leaves, grasshoppers, crickets, worms, frogs, clams, turtles and their eggs, snakes, fish, and squirrels. In urban areas, they survive on garbage and are sometimes seen eating roadkill.

Raccoons do not like tomatoes due to the high acidic content in them.

Scientists say that raccoons can make over 51 different sounds! They purr, whistle, growl, hiss, scream and more.

A raccoon’s hands are so nimble they can unlace a shoe, unlatch a cage and easily retrieve dimes from your shirt pocket.

Raccoons can rotate their hind feet a full 180 degrees in order to climb down from trees head first.

Sammy & Family wants to thank Kimberly Unger for making the world a better place for animals. Through her love, care and knowledge about animals, Kimberly’s got the Magic touch. She has literally dedicated her life to animals and sets the bar for the rest of us to follow. Kimberly, we commend and salute you for all you’ve done for animals around the world.

On Facebook; Melanie Raccoon

On Instagram; Melanie Raccoon

Story continues here; Unfortunately, there are numerous cases where orphaned raccoons have been cared for by loving people, only to have them confiscated by intimidating numbers of armed officers, and put to death. Kimberly hopes that she and Melanie will be able to help educate people, so this will not continue to happen. Here are some stories you can read. (Warning – they are hard to read):

The Government Took This Man’s Raccoon Away Because of a Viral Video
http://www.vice.com/read/the-government-took-this-mans-raccoon-because-of-a-viral-video

Tenn. agency rules with iron fist to end wildlife adoptions, some say (with video)
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2014/apr/06/out-of-the-wildthe-twra-takes-seriously-its-duty/136436/

Pets of ‘Raccoon Man’ euthanized on Friday
http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_725104ee-a588-11e2-91b9-0019bb2963f4.html

Sammy chilling with his bone

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Its good to be alive on October 14th, 2015. We get another shot today. Keeping it simple and basic today. That is where I find peace.

OK, lets kick this day off with two positive notions;

1. Let’s give today a chance. It really could be a great day.

2. Sometimes in life, a bone is good enough.

Have a great Wednesday. See y’all tonight.

Debbie Gibson from her appearance on the Celebrity Apprentice. This Celebrity Apprentice pic is copyright to NBC Universal

Melanie can be very preppy and academic. Being from England she has learned to be very proper.

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