Kim, along with all the others, I am deeply and truly sorry to read of Yana's passing. My BabyGirl passed almost two years ago from the same disease, just one week after she was diagnosed. Being a single guy, she was all I had and when I came back to my empty house (she passed at my mom and dad's house), tears and sobs is all I remember.
To this day, when I read about a GSD dying, especially from hemangiosarcoma, I get this jolt, like an electric shock, in my heart. There are simply no words for the sorrow. The hardest thing for me was faking for a long time afterwards; putting on my fake smile, my fake tough outer spirit, my fake comments to family and friends that I was all right and hanging in there.
It does help to read about other dogs. Youtube has some amazing memorial vids that people have posted in honor of their beloved GSD's who have passed, but you need to be a glutton for punishment to watch those (which I did, hours and hours, night after night LOL).
As others have said, your Yana was very beautiful. Heck, she still is beautiful in heaven, where angels keep her in loving care until you hold her in your arms again. My sincere thoughts and prayers for you and yours.
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