7/3/06 - I write this with the heaviest of hearts, Our ANGEL Tara was put to rest today. She had a tumor
the size of a grapefruit pressing on her intestines.  Though Tara was not in pain it was just a
matter of time.  We did what we felt was best for Tara and our family.  So at 7:21pm Tara cross over
to rainbow bridge while sitting outside in the grass with her foster dad.  In the short time that
we had her, we loved her very much.  She was a very special girl.

6/27/06 - Wow.  It’s been three weeks already.  Tara is doing wonderfully.  She has a great personality. 
She loves everyone.  Her energy level has increased a little over the past two weeks.  She loves to
play with toys and the other dogs.  She came to us with this toy, my kids call it her sock buddy
that she plays with all the time.  It is almost destroyed.  Since Tara has been here, I have been
giving her an aspirin and benadryl every day.  Her joints don’t seem to bother her as much.  And
she gets the benadryl because the vet thinks that she has allergies.  Her fur is growing back in a
couple of spots where she was always itching. Tara is going to have two cysts removed next week. 
And after that I think she will be ready to move onto her forever home.

6/10/06 - From Tara's Transport Angel Carrie - Just wanted to add to Tara's foster home testament on this girl. I had the pleasure of transporting her and having her company for a few hours after that. Tara had a pretty long trip by the time she met up with me she had been on the road for 3 hours we had at least another 2 hours back. Tara was great in the car even though her space to lay down was dramatically changed :) We had a baseball game at 2 and just brought Tara with us instead of throwing her in the house in a crate or gated some where normally I would not do this but we were running really late from the transport. She was just great at the game people were complimenting her left and right. They thought she was just divine and couldn't believe she was 11 they also couldn't believe she wasn't my dog because she listened so well and was so well behaved. They were amazed that I had only known her 2 hours. When we got back to  my house to wait for her foster Mom I decided to let her meet everyone because she clearly wanted to. First Maddie and Vinny all was well with them so we let Marco in the true test to any dog. They sniffed and then Marco started in on her bowing, boxing and barking at her to my surprise and his pure enjoyment she started right back. She wanted to play :) I never let her off leash but am sure she would have been fine. I really wanted to add this note because i think she is great and at 11 she might not have a heck of a lot of years left but boy would she make the time spent with her worth it