Riley at a "Puppy Party" Tanya and her brother had to celebrate Riley being cancer-free for 6 months. Photo contributed
Riley was a good puppy. He was trained to walk on a leash. He had lots of friends, played with them and had lots of bones and chew toys. Then he grew up to be a big dog he got very happy and then he got cancer and got sick. So we took him to the vet to fix him up. Then when I was at school Riley had hole on the side of him and took him to the vet again and stitch him up. Then the next day I came back from school he was healed and he stayed that way for six weeks and the cancer came back. Then we took him to the vet again and he died there. When I came home from school, my Dad told me and all of us were sad. Then we got a new dog now and she is nice. My mom is trying to make her eat me. Also Riley was a great dog!
The story was written by 9-year-old Tanya Ray, after the death of her much-loved 10-year-old dog due to cancer.