The most based & beloved Yorkie in the USA.

Writing here bc he deserves to be known as having existed & heard for how good he was, & he deserves better than what FB has to offer.

Even though finding out he was terminally ill 2.5 months ago was a suprise, he was doing really well, relatively speaking, with plenty of energy, awareness, & appetite. Noticed his voice & snores starting to go more gravelly after that, but could still breathe & sort-of bark.

Started slowly & not-so-obviously going downhill the evening before this one, but seemed like he was recovering somewhat until he started acting different, looking/waiting for my parents (he is very close to us 3), & wanting my constant affection around 5 or 6 pm tonight. Took a bit of a dive after that while I tried to get him to relax enough to not have a hard time & comfort him. Napped & got a little better, then went outside around 9 pm to take a poop, and that bit of walking on the lawn was enough to take him all the way down to rock bottom within 30-45 minutes. Could never quite catch his breath again after that short walk outside, even after laying down.

I started to write all about him here in an attempt to capture in detail why he is the best dog I've ever known, but it got too long & still doesn't do him justice. And thinking about why he's so great & how he went still makes me cry sporadically, so I'll just make it short & sweet.

He takes all those spoiled, yappy, terr(or)ier stereotypes & tosses them in the doghouse with his intelligence, intuition, understanding, awareness, gentility, loyalty, companionship, and lots & lots & lots of love. He Big Brain (& yet still manages to be clumsy). He has the HYugest Heart stuffed into the Tiniest Body. He is more than just intelligent--He is acutely aware, & uses it with empathy. If a dog can show compassion & care more than most of humanity, he is the example. He always shows how much he loves you in so many ways & all he wants is to be with the ones who love him back. He is best friends with everybody & truly loved me & my family. I have never met a dog like him & I will probably never be lucky enough to get another dog like him.

I just thank God that my parents made the drive home & straight to the vet from out of state in time (even if barely) to see him before he left for good, and for him to see his all his favorite people there for him together in his final moments (Nothing will ever break your heart & simultaneously lift your soul like seeing a dog gasping for air he can't catch at all as his diseased lungs suffocate him from the inside, & yet his gasps echo like yelps of joy while his tail still wags with as much energy as his attempts to yip & breathe have force behind them because you are there and he loves you so greatly & wholely.). And I thank God he gave us the most time with one of the relatively quickest downhill slides possible to give the most happiness & least suffering for the Goodest of Bois.

He passed & went to Dog Heaven just before 10:30 tonight, surrounded & snuggled by the people he wanted to be there and, despite the circumstances & struggle, visibly happy.

RIP My Puppy

I will miss you like no other.