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Today is Labor Day Monday 9/7/20, and I am writing to share a piece of sad news.
Three days ago we lost our sweet and beautiful Vanya Marie Land Feinman.
Thank you to all of her friends who knew and supported her and to Jen, Diane, Dr. Chuck Noonan, Kate, who helped her (and us) during her transition.
An especially huge thank you to our friend Captain Craig who was with Vanya at the moment of her natural death.♥ ???♥
She had an especially aggressive form of kidney failure and protein loss in her urine.
Vanya was a good friend and companion to our kitty Tiggy, other rescue pup Archie, Amy and myself.
It was love at first sight as soon as Amy peered into Vanya's (named Vana White at that time) sad brown eyes that said "please save me, I promise to be a good girl".
And she was a very good girl.
She was usually an uncommonly quiet pup who never asked for anything. She usually just kept to herself, didn't like going out or playing with other dogs, and preferred to just stay isolated in her crate and not bother anyone.
We tried to give her (what we thought would be) a good life. Unfortunately, these attempts all failed.
Vanya and I attended many private and group trainings in an attempt to help her engage with life.
All of these attempts were thwarted by an inability to be motivated and her apparent dislike for any game. She seemed to only have a strong desire to be left alone.
Even though she didn't want to play or experience life she seemed happy at home.
Unbeknownst to me, she was teaching me a very important lesson that started to take form on Sunday, July 1 2018.
That was the day that @jumstead1023 brought Archie into our life.
Archie is also a rescue with a very sad past, but he is still so incredibly happy and exuberant that Miss V found it hard to resist. She even started to play and seemed to enjoy engaging with him!
I think this was Vanya's first ever positive experience with another dog. Within a few days, they were happily playing in the yard. It was beautiful and inspiring to watch.
However, these play sessions didn't last. She stopped playing after she ran into a bench about a year later.
This lesson she was showing me didn't completely come fully into my conscious until Vanya's life ended 3 days ago.
It is about the importance of play, love and connection.
The important lessons that I learned from Vanya's life are just starting.
We love and miss you Vanya and I am honored that you chose me to share your message.
Three days ago we lost our sweet and beautiful Vanya Marie Land Feinman.
Thank you to all of her friends who knew and supported her and to Jen, Diane, Dr. Chuck Noonan, Kate, who helped her (and us) during her transition.
An especially huge thank you to our friend Captain Craig who was with Vanya at the moment of her natural death.♥ ???♥
She had an especially aggressive form of kidney failure and protein loss in her urine.
Vanya was a good friend and companion to our kitty Tiggy, other rescue pup Archie, Amy and myself.
It was love at first sight as soon as Amy peered into Vanya's (named Vana White at that time) sad brown eyes that said "please save me, I promise to be a good girl".
And she was a very good girl.
She was usually an uncommonly quiet pup who never asked for anything. She usually just kept to herself, didn't like going out or playing with other dogs, and preferred to just stay isolated in her crate and not bother anyone.
We tried to give her (what we thought would be) a good life. Unfortunately, these attempts all failed.
Vanya and I attended many private and group trainings in an attempt to help her engage with life.
All of these attempts were thwarted by an inability to be motivated and her apparent dislike for any game. She seemed to only have a strong desire to be left alone.
Even though she didn't want to play or experience life she seemed happy at home.
Unbeknownst to me, she was teaching me a very important lesson that started to take form on Sunday, July 1 2018.
That was the day that @jumstead1023 brought Archie into our life.
Archie is also a rescue with a very sad past, but he is still so incredibly happy and exuberant that Miss V found it hard to resist. She even started to play and seemed to enjoy engaging with him!
I think this was Vanya's first ever positive experience with another dog. Within a few days, they were happily playing in the yard. It was beautiful and inspiring to watch.
However, these play sessions didn't last. She stopped playing after she ran into a bench about a year later.
This lesson she was showing me didn't completely come fully into my conscious until Vanya's life ended 3 days ago.
It is about the importance of play, love and connection.
The important lessons that I learned from Vanya's life are just starting.
We love and miss you Vanya and I am honored that you chose me to share your message.
