(!) (!) (!) (!) (!) He's 15 now He was born May 21, 1999 in Beverly Hills California. One day in 2001 he decided to take himself for a walk and went for a little run so there was this one girl who got him took him to her house to show her mom they put up signs but the owners didn't want him so they kept him. They went to go find out how old he was and I have a vet bill of him right before 9/11. His name originally was tio but they decided to change his name to Sammy. The moms daughter grew up and moved out and her husband had passed away and she was getting older and couldn't take care of him so she gave him to us and we got him. We got him on January 12, 2009. He's a shih tzu and most shih tzu's by now have a disease or r slowing down but he is still going young.