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Memphis, you look so cute!
Today you guys, we are going to do a video answering some of your questions about Shelby.
I know, I made the video talking about the fact she passed away.
But, I was extremely distressed in the video.
I really just wanted to take some time and do this for you guys.
A little bit sooner than I did with Oakley, cause I did a video on this after Oakley passed away.
But, took me a long time to do it so I wanted to do this for you
because I've been getting a lot of questions and now when I get questions in the comments,
I can use this video as the response to people to answer some of their questions that they have
about what happened to Shelby.
So, Shelby passed away on September 5th, 2019
from what we believe was kidney complications from kidney disease.
Actually I reached out to her specialist that Shelby saw, if you guys remember
she had paw surgery at the beginning of the year (2019)
and she had cancer last year (2018).
I reached out to this specialists that we talked to for that
and kind of gave her blood work after she passed away.
I was like, "This doesn't make sense to me." "Everything seems to be going dowh hill really fast."
"Much faster than we expected." "What do you think?"
He said, "There's a chance which we'll never know." "There's a chance she could had liver cancer"
"or stomach cancer or something else" "that was causing everything to go down much faster."
Which none of that would had mattered anyway.
As I talked to him he said, "would had been either those two (2) things."
"We wouldn't be able to do anything" "anyway, we would had the same outcome."
So, I did wanted to let you know guys that I did find that out after the fact...
I went to Instagram and I asked you guys in a story...
If you aren't following us on Instagram... Instagram.com/GoneToTheSnowDogs
I asked you guys to give us some questions about what you wanted to know about Shelby.
One of the biggest questions I got was... "Was she (Shelby) cremated?"
"Is she at home yet?" "Did you had to take her in and had her put to sleep?"
Things like that, which I don't think I really talked about with Oakley.
I don't think is something a lot of people talks about.
So, I kind of do want to talk about it a little bit
because there's people out there going thru the same things.
It isn't something easy to deal with.
I don't think a lot of people talks about it
but I think is something that people should feel free to talk about
and we should talk about it more.
Cause I feel, the more people opens up about stuff like this...
The easier it is to find comfort on what you are doing.
So, I think one of the biggest questions that we got from everybody was...
[laughs]
These girls!
Did we had to put Shelby to sleep? Did she passed away on her own?
We did took her (Shelby) to the vet and had her put to sleep instead of letting her suffer.
I know, we don't talk about this a lot, but I'm somebody that doesn't like to see a dog suffer.
I feel like, one of the greatest gifts you can give them at the end
is to help them cross over to the rainbow bridge.
As hard as it is and as hard is it... can be...
Is one of the greatest gifts we can give them for everything they had ever given us at the end.
So, yes. We did took Shelby in with our normal veterinarian.
And we...
Were there with her and we did had to put her to sleep...
These two (2) didn't go with us. They... I choose not to have them with us.
Another question I keep getting is: "Are these two (2) okay?"
Memphis was a little off for a couple of days.
That was one of the reasons we did that big camping trip that we did.
We wanted to make sure to get them out of the house, but...
As you can tell... They seem to be okay.
Memphis is still like, "I want to play with you (Kira)"
"but I'm really lazy and" "don't want to play with you."
But they seem to be doing okay.
Another big question we got thru the Instagram questions was...
"Was Shelby cremated and is she home yet?"
And... Yes! We did had Shelby cremated.
And she is home. We got her back about a week after she passed away.
I just haven't been able to bring myself to really make this video.
We got her a purple urn because it's very fitting.
They did a paw print of her, for us.
Then, I had a couple of things that are going to sit in the cabinet with her.
I got this really cute purple ring to sit basically up there.
Then, I got a little purple crown because as we all knew...
Shelby was our diva girl!
And... For those of you wondering...
I know many of you had seen in here before, but that is Oakley's urn.
She's the dark blue urn so it's just like Shelby's but is only blue.
She has a couple of little apples in here and a paw print for Oakley.
And then, Shiloh our first Husky. That's her urn back there.
This was a picture I had put in there when I put Shiloh's urn in here.
So, Shelby's actually goes right here. I just put it out to make the video.
So... Hey!
Excuse me!
I know!
Don't leave anything behind! The puppy might try to eat it!
"Is that edible?" "I'll eat that ring!"
So, anyway... Shelby's going to sit up on the top shelf for now...
Sorry, there's a big glare on that!
Eventually I'm probably going to re-do some of these cause...
I have some stuff down here that needs to be moved around.
Then, Jamie and I (Jessica's) wedding stuff is on the shelf there.
So yes... Shelby is home...
She's back with us. We have her in her little urn.
I actually debated on taking and having some of Shelby's ashes sent out
and turned into one of those little like glass orb figures
and then, put it in the camper so that anytime we traveled, she was in the camper.
But, I just be so afraid to loose her. I thought about doing the same with Oakley.
But I never did it, so...
Thought probably just stay in those and I won't end up doing any of that.
A lot of you guys asked a lot of the same questions on Instagram Stories.
One of the biggest ones was...
"How do you get over it?" "How do you get past it?"
"How do you keep going?" "How do you move on?"
I'll be the first to tell you that... You don't ever get over it.
You don't ever heal from something like this. Is something you just kind of learn to live with.
Your life becomes a little bit different.
We try to make sure we're focusing on these two (2) and making sure they are having fun.
One of the reasons we did the eight (8) days camping trip was because
we just had to switch off our routine.
When you loose a family member or a pet or a friend...
Things in your life changes.
I have found one of the best ways to understand and start to live with the new changes
is to do something different.
So, instead of sitting here, we decided to go on a camping trip.
But, I know not everybody can feel like, "Oh, I can take off and do these things..."
Jamie and I are very fortunate that we're able to work from home and do those things.
Even a little thing like going out and walking a new trail or
just go for drive in an area you never been before...
Or just try to do something a little bit different.
I think it really helps.
This little puppy has been a big help too because she's a big distraction
because she's a 'pain in the butt' little puppy. Some of that has helped as well.
But...
Talk to people, talk with your friends. Do something different.
Paint a coloring book, go outside and stare up at the sky.
Just try to do something different.
Because your routine is shattered when things like this happens.
It's completely shattered so... You kind of just have to learn a new routine.
I don't know if that made as much sense as it does in my head,
but that's kind of what works for us.
Everybody is different. Everybody deals with loss differently.
Everybody learns to live differently after it. You really have to find what works for you.
If you aren't so close to me, I'll be able to turn the camera on you
but it doesn't want to focus on you. For some reason, you want to be right here...
Want to chew the camera?
"Hi Guys!" "This is in my mouth!"
"I'm going to chew on this camera!"
You seriously have the camera in your mouth.
Thanks!
Really?
[laughs]
Yeah! You helped a lot! You really do!
And so do you, cause you are still a goofball too!
Yes you are still a goofball too!
Oh, thanks Kira! I needed that!
So, that's it you guys!
I think that's about as far I can get in this video without crying.
I'm going ahead and end it here.
If you have any more questions, advice or anything?
Talk with other people down in the comments.
We also have the 'Pawdience Group' on Facebook.
That is an amazing support group when it comes to things like this.
If you haven't joined yet, there's a link for that down in the video description below as well
where you can meet other people who loves our dogs and loves what we do
and you can make some amazing friends in there.
The community we have in the 'Pawdience' Facebook is outstanding.
Absolutely outstanding.
If you haven't done that, you should definitively check that out.
I'm going to end this video...
Before I get too sad....
Hopefully I didn't made you guys too sad and had answered some of your questions.
As I said, we're getting questions repeatedly in the comments
and I kind of wanted to use this as an answer.
Shelby passed away on September 5th of 2019
from complications due to kidney disease.
Somebody asked me if we knew what caused the kidney disease, but we don't.
Kidney disease is a very interesting disease. I've learned a lot about it in the past couple of months.
Are you cleaning her ear?
"This is great!" "I'm cleaning your ear!"
Goofy!
You got so big Kira!
You are getting so big!
You're getting so big! You're getting so big!
Alright you guys!
I guess, we hope you enjoyed today's video.
If you missed it on Tuesday, we put a really fun video of the dogs
on their eight (8) days of camping trip. If you haven't see it, there will be a link to that
up in the cards above and down in the video description below,
Thanks so much for watching! Thanks for subscribing!
Stay positive and dream big! We will see you again soon!
Yes, life is different. Life has definitively changed, but...
We're doing the best we can...
To continue to stay happy...
And continue to move forward and continue to do amazing things with the puppies we have.
For those of you that keep asking, "When are you getting another dog?"
"Are you getting another puppy?" We have no idea!
I don't know the answer to that! I don't know... Same thing we said when we lost Oakley.
If a puppy happens to come along, maybe... A dog we can rescue happens to come along, maybe...
But, I don't have a definitive answer for that.
Is way too early for me to make those decisions...
Alright you guys! See you later!
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