Annie, a 19-year-old Black Labrador retriever combine, handed away on June 24 after residing her finest life occurring a yearlong ‘bucket checklist’ journey along with her two fur mothers.
Annie’s fur mothers, two finest pals named Lauren Siler and Lisa Flores adopted the lovable pup on June 21, 2022.
Siler revealed that they advised her Annie solely had a month left. However Annie defied all the percentages and lived a 12 months longer.
And when the 2 finest pals introduced Annie house, they created a bucket checklist for her, stuffed with issues the pooch may do earlier than she cross away.
Since being adopted, Annie by no means seemed again, acquired a lot love, and was capable of examine so many issues off her bucket checklist.
Amongst this stuff had been a birthday celebration, a DNA take a look at, knowledgeable photoshoot, two Christmas celebrations (one in July and one on precise Christmas day), a information look, a hamburger tour, strolling out onto the Texas Rangers baseball subject, portray an image, and even “making it to all 50 states and several other worldwide locations”.
Siler stated, “It was beginning to get exhausting to give you issues so as to add to the bucket checklist. We had been like, ‘Gosh, what are we going to do now? Who is aware of, she’s carried out a lot.’”
Since then, Annie turned an on-line sensation with folks following her journey whereas she examine off issues one after the other on her bucket checklist.
Folks on Instagram then began giving Annie’s fur mothers just a few bucket checklist solutions. “And so we had been like, ‘Oh, that is nice! Like, now now we have extra concepts,’ as a result of it looks as if Annie’s gonna be sticking round for some time. So now we have extra issues to do.”
However sadly, Annie crossed the rainbow bridge on June 24, precisely one 12 months and three days since she’s been adopted.
“Annie had the life we pray each senior canine we rescue will get to expertise. Annie didn’t simply dwell out this previous 12 months… she THRIVED!” stated Siler within the Instagram submit asserting Annie’s passing.
Annie had a bloat that made her abdomen flip a whole 360 and her solely choice was surgical procedure. Nonetheless, Siler revealed that the surgical procedure was “by no means one thing we might put Annie by way of.”
“Collectively we made the toughest choice for us however kindest for Annie,” she continued.
Speaking to TODAY, Siler stated, “It will have damaged my coronary heart extra for her to have been put down within the shelter surrounded by no person that she knew than it could have for us to should undergo that grief when that point comes.”
“I knew the indicators, I knew the harm, however I additionally knew what it meant to be by his aspect the entire time. I wished to be that for Annie,” she additionally wrote in an Instagram submit.
When Siler shared her first submit of Annie, she wrote that, “When her time comes and he or she tells us she is finished, she gained’t be alone at a shelter.”
And true to their phrase, on the 19-year-old pooch’s final day, Annie “was with all of the folks that beloved her. she was celebrated. she greeted each canine that got here to her social gathering after which her physique determined she was carried out.”
Relaxation simple, Annie. Hoping you proceed checking issues off your bucket checklist in doggy heaven!
