Help for a True Hero named Stark
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PLEASE HELP STARK SURVIVE CANCER and CONTINUE TO HELP SERVE.
Stark is a 7-year-old Labrador Retriever Service Dog that has a unique story.
Stark has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Without treatment, the life expectancy in dogs with lymphoma is 1-2 months. With treatment, in dogs that feel well, about 80% – 90% of dogs with lymphoma attain a complete remission.
Stark needs to undergo a 19-week chemotherapy at Veterinary Specialty Hospital in San Diego area.
- Stark has been Erich Allman's partner and service dog for the past four plus years and they are inseparable.
- Stark is very important and needed by Erich to help with his injuries.
- Erich is a disabled combat veteran. Having Stark as a partner has improved his quality of life beyond measure.
- Erich received Stark through an organization called Pawsitive Teams that assists military veterans (and numerous civilians with mobilty limiting disabilities) in the San Diego area.
- Stark can open up doors, tell Erich when someone is around or behind him (needed due to his loss of hearing), pick up items like keys and water bottles and hand them to Erich, plus numerous other skills that continue to benefit Erich's physical health.
- Erich suffers from numerous injuries including PTSD/TBI which includes anxiety in crowded places such as supermarkets. Stark helps him navigate those areas.
- Stark is also trained to help wake Erich at night when he has night terrors. He wakes Erich up by turning on the lights, tugging his blanket off and sometimed giving an occasional bark for those rough nights.
- Stark has an amazing personality and knows when he's working and when he isn't. If you have been around him when his vest comes off, you know he loves to have fun and loves the attention!
- Erich will tell you Stark has helped him in countless ways and saved his life.
Stark is a true hero in need of HELP.
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT STARK:
Stark's donor was a wonderful, delightful, caring lady named Erika Fry (maiden name Stark) that smiled so brightly. Unfortunately, Erika Fry has passed away but she was able to share her family's story and historical documents with Erich Allman through the few years they got to know each other.
Stark is named after a Holocaust victim named Karl Arnold Stark (born in 1891 and died in 1945 by the Nazis). Karl's wife and his daughter Erika Sara Stark escaped Austria from the Nazis on the Holland-America Line Ship called the "Veendam" which sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands on the morning of Friday December 8th, 1939. They landed in Hoboken, New Jersey on Christmas Day. Erika told Erich that she woke up that morning and went up onto the main deck of the ship to see the Statue of Liberty and all of New York's tall buildings as they traveled into America's port of call. She and her mom survived and carried on, without their family. Fortunately, Erika's brother, Egor Stark, was rescued by the U.S. Army in late 1944.
In the 2010's, Erika Fry attended her Lady Lions club in the San Diego area and met Carol Davis from Pawsitive Teams when she presented to the club. Erika told Erich that, in August 2012, she made up her mind to become a donor and support Pawsitive Teams after seeing the organization's great work with disabled children and adults with mobility issues. Erika stated that she wanted to, "do this as a memorial for my dad" and to honor the U.S. military for rescuing her brother from the fate of the concentration camps. From there on, Stark became the name for this amazing dog.
Stark was born on July 10, 2012. Carol Davis received Stark as a puppy at 10 weeks old to begin training him his special skills. Erika Fry was an amazing woman who loved to feed Stark treats and shower him with attention. Later, Stark would get excited every time he and Erich visited her. Erich was honored that he got to meet the donor and namesake of his service dog. In Erika Fry's memory, there is a new service dog named Erika, currently in training with Pawsitive Teams. What an important heritage Stark has in his majestic name.
Stark was originally slated for a different recipient but potential recipients do not choose the service dog, the service dog and the organization chooses them. In the end, Stark (and Pawsitive Teams) chose Erich as his partner. Erich was the first veteran PTSD/TBI recipient for a service dog through Pawsitive Teams. Erich will tell you he as been blessed that Stark is in his life.
Stark also has helped so many others, including wounded warriors at Naval Medical Center San Diego, clients in retirement living, other disabled people, and those deciding on the difference between service dogs, therapy dogs, and emotional support dogs. Stark has made several wounded warriors smile for the first time since their injury at the hospital.
PLEASE HELP STARK SURVIVE CANCER and CONTINUE TO HELP SERVE.
*****All donations are appreciated and will go directly towards the cost of Stark's treatment. He is truly an earth angel and anyone who has met him knows.
*****Any extra donations will go to Paws'itive Teams of San Diego and help future disabled people.
Pawsitive Teams
** A video of Pet Lounge TV featuring Pawsitive Teams with Stark showing off his training. **
ERIKA AND STARK:
**THANK YOU for your generosity and charity in saving STARK's LIFE.**
Stark is a 7-year-old Labrador Retriever Service Dog that has a unique story.
Stark has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Without treatment, the life expectancy in dogs with lymphoma is 1-2 months. With treatment, in dogs that feel well, about 80% – 90% of dogs with lymphoma attain a complete remission.
Stark needs to undergo a 19-week chemotherapy at Veterinary Specialty Hospital in San Diego area.
- Stark has been Erich Allman's partner and service dog for the past four plus years and they are inseparable.
- Stark is very important and needed by Erich to help with his injuries.
- Erich is a disabled combat veteran. Having Stark as a partner has improved his quality of life beyond measure.
- Erich received Stark through an organization called Pawsitive Teams that assists military veterans (and numerous civilians with mobilty limiting disabilities) in the San Diego area.
- Stark can open up doors, tell Erich when someone is around or behind him (needed due to his loss of hearing), pick up items like keys and water bottles and hand them to Erich, plus numerous other skills that continue to benefit Erich's physical health.
- Erich suffers from numerous injuries including PTSD/TBI which includes anxiety in crowded places such as supermarkets. Stark helps him navigate those areas.
- Stark is also trained to help wake Erich at night when he has night terrors. He wakes Erich up by turning on the lights, tugging his blanket off and sometimed giving an occasional bark for those rough nights.
- Stark has an amazing personality and knows when he's working and when he isn't. If you have been around him when his vest comes off, you know he loves to have fun and loves the attention!
- Erich will tell you Stark has helped him in countless ways and saved his life.
Stark is a true hero in need of HELP.
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT STARK:
Stark's donor was a wonderful, delightful, caring lady named Erika Fry (maiden name Stark) that smiled so brightly. Unfortunately, Erika Fry has passed away but she was able to share her family's story and historical documents with Erich Allman through the few years they got to know each other.
Stark is named after a Holocaust victim named Karl Arnold Stark (born in 1891 and died in 1945 by the Nazis). Karl's wife and his daughter Erika Sara Stark escaped Austria from the Nazis on the Holland-America Line Ship called the "Veendam" which sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands on the morning of Friday December 8th, 1939. They landed in Hoboken, New Jersey on Christmas Day. Erika told Erich that she woke up that morning and went up onto the main deck of the ship to see the Statue of Liberty and all of New York's tall buildings as they traveled into America's port of call. She and her mom survived and carried on, without their family. Fortunately, Erika's brother, Egor Stark, was rescued by the U.S. Army in late 1944.
In the 2010's, Erika Fry attended her Lady Lions club in the San Diego area and met Carol Davis from Pawsitive Teams when she presented to the club. Erika told Erich that, in August 2012, she made up her mind to become a donor and support Pawsitive Teams after seeing the organization's great work with disabled children and adults with mobility issues. Erika stated that she wanted to, "do this as a memorial for my dad" and to honor the U.S. military for rescuing her brother from the fate of the concentration camps. From there on, Stark became the name for this amazing dog.
Stark was born on July 10, 2012. Carol Davis received Stark as a puppy at 10 weeks old to begin training him his special skills. Erika Fry was an amazing woman who loved to feed Stark treats and shower him with attention. Later, Stark would get excited every time he and Erich visited her. Erich was honored that he got to meet the donor and namesake of his service dog. In Erika Fry's memory, there is a new service dog named Erika, currently in training with Pawsitive Teams. What an important heritage Stark has in his majestic name.
Stark was originally slated for a different recipient but potential recipients do not choose the service dog, the service dog and the organization chooses them. In the end, Stark (and Pawsitive Teams) chose Erich as his partner. Erich was the first veteran PTSD/TBI recipient for a service dog through Pawsitive Teams. Erich will tell you he as been blessed that Stark is in his life.
Stark also has helped so many others, including wounded warriors at Naval Medical Center San Diego, clients in retirement living, other disabled people, and those deciding on the difference between service dogs, therapy dogs, and emotional support dogs. Stark has made several wounded warriors smile for the first time since their injury at the hospital.
PLEASE HELP STARK SURVIVE CANCER and CONTINUE TO HELP SERVE.
*****All donations are appreciated and will go directly towards the cost of Stark's treatment. He is truly an earth angel and anyone who has met him knows.
*****Any extra donations will go to Paws'itive Teams of San Diego and help future disabled people.
Pawsitive Teams
** A video of Pet Lounge TV featuring Pawsitive Teams with Stark showing off his training. **
ERIKA AND STARK:
**THANK YOU for your generosity and charity in saving STARK's LIFE.**
Organizer
Erich Allman
Organizer
San Diego, CA