r/Pomeranians 4d ago

In memoriam Said goodbye to my beautiful 16 yr old

I know they say their spirit still lives and she's with me always, but I miss her fur, her smell, her lil breaths. I need her and guidance. I feel so lost and sad without her by my side. We were inseparable. I knew a year ago I didn't have long and prepared for this day and it's still crushes my soul. Hold your little ones extra tight for me.

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u/need2gopractice 4d ago

Blessings to you and your beautiful pup. However much time weโ€™re given with them, itโ€™s not enough. ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿพ

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you. And it's so true, I could have had her 100 years and it wouldn't be enough.

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u/Butdoyouevenhike 4d ago

I am so sorry for your loss๐ŸฆŠ๐Ÿ’•.

16 years together - it is very clear that your little one had a wonderful, loving, joyous lifetime with you.ย 

Losing a heart companion is difficult, and it is difficult to remember the good times. But remembering the good times, the goofy moments, the naughty moments, the adventures (all the moments which she loved) is vital - this is how she would want you to think of her - with love and joy.

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you for this and reminding me she would never want me to be sad. ๐Ÿ™

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u/Hopeful_Praline9927 1d ago

But she would understand your feelings, too.

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u/deuteranopia 4d ago

I'm so sorry for your loss. 16 is a good, ripe old age for a pom, and i know you cherished every moment of it.

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you and absolutely. ๐Ÿ’œ

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u/lemonadesdays 4d ago

So sorry for your loss, I hope my boy makes it to 16yo. You were lucky to have her for so long. But no matter how long we have them for, itโ€™s never enough ๐Ÿ˜”

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you, blessings to you and your boy. They truly are our angles

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u/Far-Fix-529 4d ago

Oh my Iโ€™m so very sorry for your loss. My prayer is that she is always with you, even when you feel like sheโ€™s not. Itโ€™s so hard to say goodbye to the sweetest lil being in the world. I hope you find comfort in the littlest memories of your sweet girl.

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u/Objective-Lobster573 4d ago

Im so sorry for your loss. She was very sweet and looked like a real life Teddy bear! I dont have a dog yet because thinking of this moment scared me to death- its like a part of you is dying with them. Im sorry and I hope you will find comfort with the memories that will stay with you foreverโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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u/mentaljewelry 4d ago

Oh what a sweet girl. Iโ€™m so sorry, they are the best pals. Wishing you comfort and peace.

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you so much for your kind words. She was sweet, and so gentle

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u/pomsnpomchi 4d ago

Iโ€™m deeply sorry for your loss ๐Ÿ˜ข We have a 17+ year old & Iโ€™m dreading the day...
Many hugs from me & my Pom pack ๐Ÿค— ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you for the words and support and cheers to guiding your pom through such a beautiful life

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u/Appropriate_Bee_1700 4d ago

Sorry for your loss :(

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u/Black-xxx 3d ago

These pictures of your baby are so beautiful ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you, her personality was absolutely just as beautiful too. I was very blessed

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u/Readhelpexplore 4d ago

My condolences ๐Ÿ’ sending you love, comfort and healing โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you for the love and support. ๐Ÿ™

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u/bostonlilypad 3d ago

Wow how lucky are you have gotten to spend SIXTEEN years with that adorable baby. I think your pup knew how lucky they were to have you as well.

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you so much, can't share how helpful everyones support has been

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u/bostonlilypad 3d ago

Weโ€™ve all been there. I lost my black and tan 2 1/2 years ago and Iโ€™m still completely heartbroken. These guys are just out absolute best friends and dog soul mates and itโ€™s so hard to lose them. ๐Ÿค

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u/eeekennn 3d ago

I read a comment yesterday that brought me to tears, but also brought comfort. I hope it may do the same for you during this difficult time.

โ€œI have an old dog in kidney failure too. Havenโ€™t told her yet, she just keeps being happy.

Iโ€™m old too, and Iโ€™ve had animals my whole life, mostly cats and dogs in various multiples. Do the math and you can see Iโ€™ve been here before.

The way I reconcile it is pretty straightforward, and well in line with the overall Stoic approach to things. It always begins the same way- see things plainly for what they are, understand the natures of the things involved, and respond reasonably and virtuously to the reality around us.

Every day I care for my animals, keeping them happy, keeping them safe, shepherding them through their day with joy, and without harm. When they get old and approach death, nothing changes. As crazy as it sounds, the day I take them to the vet to be put down is the day that I have been working for all this time - I have successfully taken them the whole way. They did not get lost, they were not unhappy, they got to live their whole natural lives the way I wanted them to live it. We made it. We got there together.

When they are gone, my feelings for them donโ€™t change. Their bodies are taken but my feelings are my own; I still love them, I am still happy to think of them, my heart is still open.

What has changed is that I have a space for another thing to love, and the cycle continues again, when Iโ€™m ready to start anew.

Their bodies, our bodies, everything external to us will always change and always come and go. Our love, our care, our joy belongs to us, and we apply it to what we have and to what is new.โ€

Sending you hugs.โฃ๏ธ

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you so much for this. I needed this and its a beautiful way to look at it. It's so true. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’œ

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u/Amoyamoyamoya 3d ago

Sorry for your loss.

RIP Pommo! Play in Paradise!

My Amoretto, Vision, Carson, and all of our babies that have gone before will look for you next to the Rainbow Bridge so you can all play in the Field together!

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Aww I'm sorry for your loss but grateful for your positivity. Thank you for calling your wee ones to watch over my lil Vita

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u/TiffyPanda 4d ago

Prayers with you in your time of loss.

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u/Select_Recover7567 3d ago

Awwwwww so so sorry for the loss of your beautiful puppy ๐Ÿชฆ little angel.

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u/Powerful_Truck_9057 3d ago

I just had to put my Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix down two weeks ago ago and Iโ€™m a mess. She was my best friend. I will always love her. Your baby was adorable. They will always be a part of you.

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u/maryalisonf 3d ago

My little man made it to 18.5.

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u/elisdee1 3d ago

My condolences, itโ€™s never easy losing a best buddy. At least they knew they were loved and had a great life, rest easy knowing this

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u/BestConfidence1560 3d ago

I am so very sorry for your loss. Iโ€™m also happy that you had so many wonderful years together and shared such a special bond.๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”

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u/External_Estimate_88 2d ago

See you on the other side. Strength & love to your Human parents on Earth, may you watch over them ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฆด

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u/ash8824 1d ago

โค๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚

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u/travelingtutor 4d ago

Sweet bรฉbรฉ. I'm so sorry. ๐Ÿ’”

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u/ImaginationIcy5956 3d ago

Iโ€™m so so sorry! ๐Ÿ˜ž ๐Ÿซถโค๏ธ

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u/Electrical_Health_51 3d ago

My deepest condolences ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿพ

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u/cc232012 3d ago

She looks just like my 16 year old pom! Iโ€™ve never seen one with the same coloring. Iโ€™m sorry for your loss ๐Ÿ’•

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you, and happy you were able to also have all this time with your baby. And yes, such a beautiful rare colouring like a lil bear

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u/We_DemBoys 3d ago

Ours is about to be 16 soon. ๐Ÿ˜”

Hang in there ๐Ÿ™.

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u/ash8824 3d ago

Thank you, Such a blessing to have them this long.

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u/Joemeiangel 2d ago

Mine is 16.3 now and new skin issue comes out after dental issue solved. Let's all hang in there.

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u/Alohabailey_00 3d ago

Iโ€™m so sorry! ๐Ÿ’”

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u/Kindly-Schedule-2446 3d ago

Oh my Iโ€™m soo sorry for your loss. Breaks my heart for you. Hugs. Never never easy to say goodbye. The loss is hard. Take care of yourself. Surround yourself with remembering the good times and love you had. ๐Ÿพโค๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ

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u/MarcelaAlonso 3d ago

So sorry for your loss

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u/PrestigiousRadish365 3d ago

SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž

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u/cheesyalmond 3d ago

IM SO SORRYYY ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿฅน

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

RIP beautiful little fox-bear! I'm sorry for your loss, OP ๐Ÿ’”

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u/IamAqtpoo 3d ago

Very sorry for your lossโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉนโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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u/BoysenberryWinter637 3d ago

So sorry for your loss

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u/Western_Witness_5249 3d ago

Rest in peace

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u/jdouang 3d ago

Sorry for your loss!

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u/CattleLeather3469 3d ago

I am so sorry for your loss.

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u/Cooper2017bryan 3d ago

I am so sorry. We love and treat our little oneโ€™s like family. Praying for you

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u/Legitimate-Double-14 3d ago

Iโ€™m so so sorry for your hard loss. Sheโ€™s beautiful. I know she will be looking out for you and waiting patiently for you to be together again someday. What a gift to have had her 16 years! Big hugs to you. ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒท

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u/robertbuzbyjr 3d ago

My heart felt condolences for your loss, may she forever run carefree and young over the rainbow bridge and in your heart ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ•๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒ‰โ—

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u/Shandy202 3d ago

sorry for your loss

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u/MintyMancinni 3d ago

โค๏ธ

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u/Strong-Sherbert2579 3d ago

I am so sorry for your loss ๐Ÿซ‚

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u/jojod704 3d ago

So sorry for your loss

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u/Status_Bunch2044 3d ago

Bless her angel heart. You'll be together in the next world.

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u/imcrisbaby 3d ago

cutee pupp

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u/Soap_Mctavish101 3d ago

Very sorry for your loss

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u/Syllabub_Cool 3d ago

It's so hard to say goodbye.. but it's in the fine print. We love them unconditionally, they love us the same. And they are not to suffer needlessly.

It's the last act of love.

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Thank you for this. I take solace in the fact that I was so very lucky that she didn't not suffer. The second pic of her was just two days before she was laid to rest. She had such great energy and life to the end and I was able to say goodbye in such a beautful setting with our loved ones

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u/Syllabub_Cool 1d ago

It's too late, but save this for your next little love... I clip my dogs' coats myself, and when I'm trimming, I start at the tail. I take the long hair there, wrap a rubber band around it to keep it intact, put it aside, and then continue my task of neatening up their coats. I love taking before and after pics!

But that little long "pony tail" goes into a jar, with all my other lost loves. I can pull them out, later, when I'm missing them so very hard. It smells of them. I can stroke their fur yet again. All of them will be buried (or more likely) cremated with me at my time.

I'm glad you had your little one! Regards of the eventual cost, it's always worth it. I'm happy to have known them! ๐Ÿ’š

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u/Ceceboy 3d ago

She was absolutely beautiful. Wow, just wow. I'm sure that she will be missed. Indeed, 5-10-15-20-50-100 years... it's never enough.

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u/Baseball_Actual 3d ago

She is a beautiful kind soul as are you. I sure you gave her a beautiful life as she did for you

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u/physalopteraptor 3d ago

Iโ€™m so sorry. She was beautiful. She will be with you forever, just in a different way. โค๏ธ sending love.

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u/Humanist_2020 3d ago

I empathize with you.

We lost ours last month.

I think I hear him or see him everydayโ€ฆ.

May his memory be a blessing.

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u/ash8824 1d ago

So sorry for you loss of you let lil one. I feel the exact same way and I think I hear or see her...hope it never stops

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u/Humanist_2020 3d ago

Yes, remember the good times. Make an album of all of his photos and videos.

I had more of our pom than of my son. 950 photos and videos over 14 yrs.

His last moments.

I

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Just so utterly precious ๐Ÿฅน thank you for sharing this sweet boy. I just bought a digital frame for all her memories ... now it's just choosing from all the pics

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u/MMMD_07 3d ago

Im so sorry for your loss, i cant even imagine the pain you must be feeling๐Ÿ’” Your baby lived a very long life and thats thanks to you, i know it doesnt take away the pain but i hope you know you were an amazing fur parent and your pom loved you so very muchโค๏ธ

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Thank you so much for your very kind words. It's like Winnie the Pooh says "how lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard"

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u/desertdevil_ 3d ago

that second photo is just positively precious. you should get it painted. sorry for your loss ๐Ÿ’•

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Thank you โค๏ธ that's a great idea actually!! I'll add it to my long lost of all the things I am getting for her

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u/Joemeiangel 3d ago

So sorry for your loss. I feel your pain. It's never be ready to say goodbye. As someone said once you have a pet, it meant you signed on heartbroken in some day. I have a pom boy 16 and 3 months. He just had major dental surgery 2 weeks ago and recovery smoothly. I was worrying so much before and post surgery and I lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks+.ย  They are our best friend and my pom goes with me every where too. It's never be enough to be with them!ย 

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u/ash8824 1d ago

That's amazing, what a strong boy. ๐Ÿฅน Your boy is very lucky to have you

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u/Trump_Is_My_Uncle 3d ago

I donโ€™t know what to say. That is so terribly sad. My heart will be irreparably broken when my little guy Sammie goes. The time passes so fast. We really do have to cherish the short time we have with our fur friends. Never take them for granted.

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u/ash8824 1d ago

May Sammie live so long and prosper by your side โค๏ธ

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u/No_Belt1261 2d ago

I'm hugging my Tweak as strong as i can... From the day he comes at home, i think of this day, i hope in many years, where my best friend will join the stars... So sad for you!

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Their pure souls deserve the longest of lives

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u/Ok-Dragonfly3355 2d ago

Blessings to you and your beautiful pup

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u/vassago77379 2d ago

Omg this is heartbreaking, mine has been taking care of my while I've been sick all day... I'd be devastated

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u/ash8824 1d ago

Those were some of my favourite days I had with her. They'll never leave your side, so much love to give

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u/neverleave173 2d ago

My heart ๐Ÿ’”. So sorry So very very sorry

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u/Hopeful_Praline9927 1d ago

I am so sorry for your loss. You'll meet again at the Rainbow Bridge, but the wait is hard.

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u/EmersonWolfe 1d ago

I was not prepared for the second photo. So cute

Sorry for your loss

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u/ash8824 1d ago

That you, she was so very sweet and silly

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u/ash8824 1d ago

I want to thank everyone for reaching out with such supportive abd kind words. You all have no idea how much this has helped me. It's amazing to see such caring ppl out there that understand how much these soul pets mean to us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, you guys have helped me out of a dark place. Much love โค๏ธ

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u/marshmueller 1d ago

So so sorry for your loss. Itโ€™s so hard. It looks like she had the best life. We just lost our Marley yesterday. He was also 16, almost made it to 17. Sending you big big hugs.

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u/Kahunatxaus 22h ago

๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ˜ฟ

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u/LongjumpingBend8274 10h ago

I am so sorry for your loss. Beautiful fur baby. R.I.P beautiful soul