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Tycam Hanful was born on August 9th, 2000. He was born the fifth pup in a litter of eight. Ty was the offspring of sire Blazing Desire and dam Grey’s Nightmare. Ty raced a total of 27 races before retiring and being brought to Rainbow’s End Greyhound Rescue. Karen Anderson took him in as a foster and about two weeks later mom and I saw him on the website and we knew he was just meant to be ours. So with constant urging from me, mom finally called Ann and said that we wanted to adopt Ty. On Monday June 24, 2003 mom, dad, and I went out to Ann’s, mom signed the papers, and we came home with our new baby. The first night that Ty was home, our first dog Lauren took to him right away. From that day on, we knew that these two would be bonded for life.
Ty was quite a character in his younger days. Everyday he would find something new to get into. One day after mom had just washed and folded towels, Ty decided that he didn’t want them in the basket where they belonged, so he took every towel out of the basket and put them all over the house. Ty was always stealing my stuffed animals from my room and putting them in moms’ room. He would always steal shoes too. The good thing about Ty was that he never chewed anything up, he would just put things where he thought they should be. Ty brought so much laughter into our lives every day, and we loved him more and more with each passing hour.
Ty lived with us for 7 years of his life. Sadly though, shortly after his 9th birthday, Ty developed a limp. Mom and I took him to the vet where we learned the terrible news…our baby boy had osteosarcoma(cancer). The vet told us that we would only have him for 3 weeks to a month so we should keep him as comfortable as possible and love him as if each day was his last. We did just that. We were fortunate enough to have Ty for four and a half months after his diagnosis. Ty was a fighter right till the end. He took his medicine every day and never gave us an ounce of trouble. Finally on December 7, 2009, Ty gave up the fight. He refused to take his pills, refused to eat, and just layed around all day, only getting up long enough to go outside in the yard. Mom called the vet and at 5:00 that evening, dad and I took him to be put to rest. Dad and I stayed by his side the whole time, and when he took his last breath, we knew he was free of pain at last. Ty is up there at the rainbow bridge looking down on us and I truely believe that he is thanking us for loving him so much while he lived out his life here on earth, and for loving him still today. Ty may be gone from our home but he will never be gone from our hearts. We will miss him forever, but someday we will see him again. So to our Ty, we love and miss you every day and we will never forget you. R.I.P. Tycam Hanful 8/9/2000-12/7/2009.
Love you forever,
| Ty |
| Ruth Hagenbaugh |