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Her name was Rio and she danced upon the sand...

 

This was a post that I knew I'd be making one day even though I'd hoped it would be much, much longer away than today. The cancer had reappeared in Mango's lungs, and was causing swelling in her legs. There was no cure, and I couldn't ask her to stay for me as a shell of herself. So I set her free of her failing body today so that she could go chase bunnies on 4 healthy legs at the Rainbow Bridge.

 

Remember her as she was: full of life and light and spirit, ever curious, ever loving. She leaves quite a legacy, because no one who ever met her ever walked away doubting the sweetness of greyhounds. I learned how much I could love an animal, and in particular a dog, and I learned that was what had been missing from my life all along.

 

Mango was my first greyhound, but she won't be my last. She was the best first greyhound ever, and she made it easy for me to take Takoda into my home, and the temporary fosters when I was cat-testing. She never met a stranger, and few who met her failed to smile. She became my co-pilot, in more ways than just the drives back East to Dewey and GiG and Philly. The ride will never be the same, but it will go on.

 

My Mango-Tango...run free and happy, Baby-girl. You have a piece of my heart with you always.

 

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Kate, with Nedra and Holly
Missing Greyhound Angels Mango, Takoda, Ruger, Delta, and Shiloh, kitty Angel Hoot, cat-tester extraordinaire, and Rocky, the stray cat who came to stay for a little while and then moved on.
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I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful Mango. Take comfort in knowing that your sweet girl is at peace, pain free and running once again with the wind.

I do hate cancer.

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Kate - I just got your email... I am so sorry. :( I hope that you are ok and thay you know Mango loved you just as much as you loved her. I saw it first hand and it was an amazing bond the two of you had. Please call me and let me know if there is anything you need.

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Oh no. My heart sank when I read Mango's name. I am so sorry. I was holding her in my prayers every night. I followed her journey since diagnosis . She was a fighter and one courageous girl. Run free, sweet one :gh_run:f_pink

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:weep I am so sorry Kate :grouphug:grouphug The love you two shared was a special gift. Mango changed your life immeasurably. The lessons she taught you, will be with you forever. Keep the beautiful memories you created together close to your heart and Mango will be with you always.

 

Godspeed Baby Girl, you are loved and will be missed deeply :f_pink

 

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I'm sorry your beautiful girlie had to leave you.

 

Godspeed, Mango.

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We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10.

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I am so very sorry for your loss. What a beautiful girl. All we can do is remember what joy they brought to us in the time we had them. The pain is brutal at times but that will ease, the memories and love never will. Godspeed Mango, run free. There's plenty of good angels waiting for you.

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I am heartsick reading this. I am so happy that I had the oppotunity to meet beautiful and sweet Mango at GIG.

 

She put up one he77 of a fight.

 

I am so sorry. She will be so missed.

 

 

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I'm so sorry. :cry1

 

Godspeed Mango.

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