She’s ready for her close-up, Mr. Demille! Watch Sam in her passionate performance of a pooch who is *gasp* shot!

Well, let’s give Sam a warm round of applause, shall we?  If given the opportunity, we're sure she'd thank The Academy and all her family and friends for the accolades she has received …

But seriously, how do you train a dog to do such a wonderful trick? It took us two years just to get our pup to sit down on cue. To this day I think he only does it to placate our family, rather than to prove we can actually teach him a trick.

Sam, on the other hand, not only learned her “play dead” trick but looks like she enjoys it too. A star is born!

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