Rshaedyn's Altara Nightfall (Tarma)

Tarma was my first pick puppy. She had the head, she had the attitude but... unfortunately Tarma had brain damage. Tarma wasn't breathing at birth, at six weeks of age we noticed abnormalities in her movement. Subsequent neurologic testing revealed a lesion in her cerebellum, likely caused by the trauma at birth, which caused her movement on one side to be uncoordinated. This did preclude her being shown but did not noticably slow her down.

Tarma went to live with my employers Drs Birnie and Allen of the Clearbrook Animal Hospital. She has helped raise several orphen kittens and is show here with one of them. She has a fondness for eating cow pies, which has earned her the nickname "maggot mouth". Her hobbies included coyote chasing, cat washing, and sneaking onto the living room carpet where she was not allowed.

As Tarma got older she started to have seizures, very likely due to the cerebellar damage that caused her wonky gate. Her seizures were controlled by medication for many years and she lived a happy life with the Birnies. Near the end of the year 2001 the medications stopped contolling the seizures and complications from the medications caused other health problems. Tarma's quality of life deteriorated and the decision was made to put her to sleep. She was sent to the Rainbow bridge surrounded by the people she loved best.