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My girl showed no signs what so ever of being sick let alone Pancreatitis. When my friend, then the vet picked her by the middle of her body I just thought they hurt her. She was playful, good appetite, pee and poo was the same. Reason why I was taken back when the vet said Pancreatitis.

At a year old they can still be rough when playing, bite rough. My boy is that way, actually was that way. He bonded with me in a few hours, it was amazing, he was gone from his prev. owner only 5 days when I got him. I let him chill for a couple of weeks, get to know the house, smells, no noise lol, it's very quiet where I live, he came from NYC, lots of traffic noise, ppl coming and going in the home he lived in. He didn't know what a toy was, so for 2 weeks I would just play with him using the toys. Then one night he was on my bed and I made monster hands saying in a different tone then what he was use to "I'm gonna get you" a game I played with all my girls, I crouched down and slowly crept towards the bed then grabbed at his paw and he bit me drawing blood, I said in a firm harsh tone "no bite the mama" and repeated it several times. I knew he did that because he was scared, he still didn't know me 100% he was with me a bit under a month. Many months later I played that game again but first said "no bite the mama" when I went to grab at his paw he was going to bite me, quickly I told him no biting. Now when I play that game he runs and gets a plush toy and bites and kills it the bashes me with it lol because he knows no biting is allowed.

So, reaching out to pick Sam up may scare him because he doesn't know you yet. His prev. owner may not have trained that no biting when playing out of him.

But I would speak to the vet about it and get him tested for Pancreatitis.