Good evening friends.  Tonight with great sadness the world says goodbye to Stormy.  She was a member of Tanya Strasser and Family.  Stormy was one special angel and will always be remembered.  Let’s here from Tanya herself on her fallen angel Stormy.

Here’s Tanya;

My Stormy was 13 years old. She was a Rottweiler German Shepherd Cross. She was a rescue from Paws and Claws.  We had her for 11 wonderful years.  Her previous life before us was filled with abuse and neglect. She was abused by a man and was very hesitant around men even to her very last day. Especially when it came to men coming to the door when my husband was gone.  She would stand between me and the strange man and not let him in the house until I told her it was okay. This was not something I taught her ever. It’s simply came from instinct.

For her size she was very kind and gentle and loving especially around children and our cats.  She was my guardian and protector my heart my soul my love and she is deeply missed. The grief that I feel is so very deep right now. I’m not sure how life goes forward without her at this point. It is so hard to watch our other two dogs Humphrey and Bella both Boston Terriers look around the house for her. I grew up on a farm, and while we had dogs they were outside. Stormy was my first dog that I was allowed to have in the house and she has left a very deep void.  Not sure how to move forward at this point. She had struggled with arthritis in her back knees for close to two years. Last winter here in Minnesota was very hard on her. My husband and I had decided that we would not put her through another winter. However we thought we had more time with her than what we did. Thursday she started to refuse food. She also became much more lethargic and the spark went out of her eyes.

She also stopped wagging her tail which was not like her at all. Sunday night I fed her cat food as that was the only thing she didn’t refuse. Prior to Sunday night she had had four accidents in the house in the previous week. That was not Stormy at all. This morning while I was in the shower I heard her vomiting yet again. She had vomited everything that she had eaten in the last previous days the following morning after she ate it. So we knew something was wrong. in addition to the vomiting the undigested cat food she also had had explosive diarrhea from my kitchen all the way into my living room. when I came out of the bathroom and saw her lying on the floor and she gave me the most helpless look I have ever seen in an animal’s eyes I knew it was time to say goodbye. A Tearful phone call to my husband made him turn the semi around and come home where we took her to the vet and she passed  peacefully with her head in my lap. When we received her diagnosis of arthritis I had promised her then that I would not let her suffer because I was too selfish to let her go. Today I fulfilled my promise to her and my heart shattered into a million small pieces.  I know it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets about that. My only regret is that I didn’t have more time with my precious Stormy.

Tanya that was a very powerful and moving story.  Thank you for sharing it with us.  Once again, sometime the last loving me we can make is to end their suffering.  Rest in Peace Stormy.  Sammy & Family thanks Tanya for giving Stormy a life of love and caring after a very tough start in life.

Tanya Strasser thank you for making the world a better place, one animal at a time.  Nobody can change everything, but everyone can change something.  When you think of it in those terms you know you’ve made a difference.  Tanya made all the difference in the world for Stormy, and maybe that did not change the world, but it sure changed Stormy’s world.

Stormy although Sammy & Family never got to meet you, we will miss you dearly.  You had and have the eyes of an angel.

No lives will go in vain, no pain will go unnoticed.  Amen.  Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.