Tango

Tango

1998 - July 10, 2011

Tango has been slowing down a bit as old dog's will do, but last night we felt something was wrong.  Tango had a great day but by dinner he would not eat and was really slow on our walk to go see the cows in the field.  By bedtime he was exhausted.  We took him in to the emergency clinic, hopeful that it was something simple that could be treated but it was not meant to be.  Tango as it turns out had a very aggressive cancer on either his liver or spleen that would be a mass of new blood vessels that were taking his blood and leaving it in his abdomen.  He was running out of oxygen and did not have much time left.  His passing was peaceful and we were thankful to have had time to say goodbye.

We knew the minute we met Tango at the Humane Society in 2007 that he was a special soul and he captured our hearts each and every day since.  We of course had to teach him how to jump on the bed and ask for treats but he turned out to be a quick study.  Tango was lucky enough to have two sisters, Shelby who he gets to be with again and Lexus who already misses him.

We could not have asked for a more sweet, loving, gentle but also funny and energetic friend.  Dinnertime is already not the same without his crazy howling and dancing. We are really glad he found us. He will really be missed!

Love Markus, Julie & Lexus