Tango

The End of the Hunt

More: Tango is a purebred chocolate lab with championship gun lines. When she was 8 years old, she was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma (a very aggressive cancer in her tongue). She was given three months to live. We decided to allow her to undertake an experimental surgery that required complete removal of her tongue. The surgeon told us if she could not get a clean margin after administering anesthesia, she would put her down. Thankfully the surgery was successful, and she got clean margins on her tumor. Following the surgery, she had to relearn how to eat, drink water, catch and swim. Although it took several months, she did all of that and more. At 12 years of age, she can still dive off the dock farther than most labs half her age. She still loves a shotgun and will retrieve any skeet that aren't hit. Her attitude through adversity has been an inspiration to us and all that have known her. She never let her disability slow her down or diminish her love of life. She has epitomized a life well lived. We are blessed to have her in our family.
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