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Rio's 8-month pawday!

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Rio's 8-month pawday!

8 October 2011
1:37 pm

riosmom

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She's still hoppin' along and kicking cancer butt, 8 months post-amp. And every day seems like a miracle! I get to have this gorgeous girl in my life — lucky, lucky me!

~ ~ Rio ~ ~
Forever in my heart...
April 2000 – January 20, 2012
Diagnosed with Mast Cell Cancer in June 2007. Left rear leg amputated Feb. 8, 2011.
Mets discovered Aug. 31, 2011. Read more of Rio's story here.

8 October 2011
1:44 pm

AngelAbbysMom

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Look at that sweet face!! Give that Tripawd Warrior Princess some extra kisses from me and Abby!!

Treats all around! Cheese, ice cream, hamburgers, adult beverages! Whoohoo for 8 months, Rio!

Jackie, Abby's mom

Abby: Aug 1, 2009 – Jan 10, 2012. Our beautiful rescue pup lived LARGE with osteosarcoma for 15 months – half her way-too-short life. I think our "halflistic" approach (mixing traditional meds + supplements) helped her thrive. (PM me for details. I'm happy to help.) She had lung mets for over a year. They took her from us in the end, but they cannot take her spirit! She will live forever in our hearts. She loved the beach and giving kisses and going to In-N-Out for a Flying Dutchman. Tripawds blog, and a more detailed blog here. Please also check out my novel, What the Dog Ate. Purchase it at Amazon via Tripawds and help support Tripawds!

8 October 2011
3:17 pm

anjl

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Amazing how angelic they look when they are sleeping!!!!

Whoof Whoof Rio…..and many more!

8 October 2011
4:20 pm

etgayle

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congrats on your 8 month ampuversary!!! if you didn't live so darned far away, we'd take 'the road to rio' and come help you celebrate…but being so far, we'll stay here in ET and celebrate with an extended medicinal nap, followed by cheese!!! way to go woo!!!

charon & gayle

Life is good, so very, very good!!! Gayle enjoyed each and every moment of each and every wonderful day (naps included). She left this world December 12, 2011 – off on a new adventure. Love Never Ends http://etgayle

8 October 2011
4:59 pm

chilidawg

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Woo-Hoo for the Woo! Congrats, Rio!

Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma: 5/2/2011 Ampuversary: 5/11/2011 OSA returned in hip: 8/26/2011 Chili Dawg crossed the Rainbow Bridge on 8/30/2011 & is now pain free.

8 October 2011
5:14 pm

fightingforsammy

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I am so so so glad Rio is kickin cancer butt! Go sweet girl, we are impressed! 2nd time around too!! We will have an adult beverage, cheese, and a steak tonight and tip our glass (or muzzle) in Rio's honor :) See you in November Rio and crew :)

Elizabeth and Sammy

Diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the right front leg 8/23/10, leg fractured 8/27/10, leg amputated 8/30/10 http://sammyand.....pawds.com/ I couldn't begin to say how special Sammy is to us. Living and laughing with and loving this wonderful boy is priceless.

8 October 2011
5:15 pm

Cooper

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Happy 8 months Rio! You are alright! Keep kicking cancers butt and giving your mom more and more of those miracles!

Coopsdad

Coopsdad/ Kenneth Blackburn http://cooper.t.....ipawds.com the monkeydogs only THINK they have invaded the tripawd state

8 October 2011
5:41 pm

maggie

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Happy 8 Month-er! Woohooo!!!!! You are a pretty girl :)

Tracy, Maggie's MOm

Diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma 10-12-09, amputation of left rear leg 10-20-09
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"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up." ~ Vince Lombardi

8 October 2011
7:19 pm

meghanhowell17

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Keep on, keepin' on, Rio!!! Treats for everypawdy!!

8 October 2011
8:22 pm

krun15

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Hey Micki, it only took a few tries but you finally got the celebration started on the actual ampuversary day!! That is cause for additional celebration.

Happy ampuversary Woo-pug.

Karen and the pugapalooza

Karen and the Pugapalooza: Spirit Tri-Pug Maggie, Forever the Leader of our Pack, and the Quad pugs Tani & Obie

9 October 2011
12:50 am

sadie33

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Way to go Rio Woo! Congratulations on the butt kickin'! Some friends just got back from a hunting trip, so Ranger and Athena got deer liver in your honor (they never had it before and boy did they like it!) Keep it up pretty girl!

Sadie is my 9yr old Rott/Shepherd mix. Diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her right scapula 1/28/10. Our brave girl had her amputation 2/13/10 and her last chemotherapy on 6/6/10. Unfortunately, a tumor appeared in her back right leg and on 10/7/2010 Sadie's earthly journey came to an end. On 10/24/2010 we adopted Ranger, a handsome Rott/Lab mix tripawd (got hit by a car) I think Sadie sent him to us. http://ranger.t.....pawds.com/

9 October 2011
11:24 am

rumblesmom

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Congratulations, Rio!

9 October 2011
11:54 am

jerry

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Ohhhh what a sweet pic! All tuckered out from so much pawtying eh Rio?

According to the woo-woo numerologists out there, the number 8 is a pretty lucky number:

Number 8 is the most powerful of all numbers.

You most likely have some of the following strengths and talents at your disposal if the number 8 appears in your numerology chart:

You are inspiring, result-oriented, powerful, ambitious, visionary, generous, perseverant, forgiving, broad-minded, money-conscious and self-disciplined.

You have the potential for enormous success and the possibility to accumulate great wealth. You are also a good judge of character a natural leader and a survivor.

Hopppy Hoppppppy Ampuversary pretty girl, you are definitely all of the above. Congrats on this big milestone!

It's better to hop on three legs than to limp on four.™
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9 October 2011
11:57 am

gillian

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happy 8th ampuversary beautiful Rio

Dizzy diagnosed with osteosarcoma 24 may 2011 amputated same day doing fine hopping around on three legs giving the neighbourhood cats what for

9 October 2011
12:07 pm

riosmom

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jerry said:

You have the potential for enormous success and the possibility to accumulate great wealth. You are also a good judge of character a natural leader and a survivor.

Rio is definitely a survivor, but the accumulating of great wealth… not so much. If we hadn't had all those vet bills, maybe. winker