Said goodbye to a friend last night. Couldn't have been a better dog to my kids. Even won over my wife, who is a bigger mess than me right now. pic.twitter.com/fLO5kyas4Q
— Tony Egg (AnthonyEgg on Parler) (@crumbcreep) February 1, 2019
January 31
Rest easy brother. Thanks for looking out for my girls for all of these years. I’ll take the watch from here. pic.twitter.com/rzI570rqKP
— WildlifeCam (@WildLifeCam_) January 30, 2019
January 30
Finnegan, the double-tragedy.
Jeff and Rachele said goodbye to Finnegan on January 24, 2018 — less than a month after losing their Lea.
We thought it was just depression from loosing Lea. He started snapping at our puppy when they would wrestle after Lea passed. We thought he was just depressed. Then last Thursday night we felt the lumps in his throat. We made an emergency trip to the vet Friday morning. She suspected cancer. We got a confirmation from pathology yesterday afternoon.
We considered starting prednisone today but he is doing so bad we are not sure we’re not hours from losing him. He’s old and we don’t think that it makes sense to try to save him only to go through this all again soon anyway.
We are devastated.
Buddy the sweet boy
Emily’s mom had to say goodbye to Buddy on January 8, 2019.
From the GoFundMe page: Buddy has been with our family for 12 years. His kidneys are failing, and we have to put him down on Monday, January 7th. This is very sudden and we dont have the money to get his ashes back. We all know that a GoFundMe is a long shot, but one we are willing to take to keep a piece of him with us. Any help is appreciated.
PetGoodbyes made a donation directly to the veterinarian to cover a private cremation so that Buddy’s ashes could be returned to the family.
Lea the dog who made a conversion
Jeff and Rachele said goodbye to Lea on December 28, 2018.
I had always been afraid of dogs and have never had them until 6 years ago. We rescued a golden retriever who we thought was going to be put down, we had totally misunderstood. Two months later we decided to look for a dog to keep our golden retriever company. I saw Lea in the shelter hanging out as far away from the gate as she could get, she just had the soulful eyes. Not being dog owners for very long, we didn’t understand that was hiding and fearful. She must have been beat and was afraid of most men for the first couple years of having her. If a cuss word was spoken around her, she would run and hide in the bed.
Eventually Lea learned to trust and wag her tail, and even to lay on her back for my wife and I, to give belly rubs. She always had the most soulful eyes. She loved to go camping and hiking and get in the trash if it was smelling especially good. Lea loved to sleep with us and cuddle up at night.
For her final day we took her to her favorite park for a short walk, for a drive (her favorite thing to do) to the mountains and a short hike in the snow, and a lunch of chicken nuggets.
Our hearts are broken, but we know that we have her more love than she could have ever imagined.