Dog Owner Shares 12-Year-old Pet’s Last Day In A Touching Video

• Baxter the 12-year-old Shar Pei, has been a faithful companion and best friend to his owner, Ellie Buckler.
• When Baxter’s health deteriorated and they saw that he was in pain, Buckler’s family decided to put him to sleep but not without showing him more love.
• Buckler posted the details of Baxter’s last day on earth on TikTok which had the viewers in tears.

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A video of Baxter’s last day has the TikTok world in tears. Baxter’s owner, Ellie Buckler shared how they said goodbye to her 12-year-old Shar Pei.

With “Stuff We Did” from the Up movie as background music and the caption ’12 Years Wasn’t Long Enough’, who would not be crying?

@elliebuckler Running in the big fields in the sky ❤️ love yoor forever baby boy 🌈 12 years wasnt long enough 😢 #dogslastday #fyp #bestfriend ♬ Stuff We Did (From “Up”) – Mark Northam

Buckler details each part of the day from the morning’s breakfast at McDonald’s showing Baxter munching on a sandwich, to sharing ham slices, and tasting his first tea, to the final car trip to the vet is so painful.

The cuddles shared between the two and another dog gets you more emotional.

And even if you knew how this would end, you are drawn to every moment which makes your heart break even more.

Buckler has been with Baxter since he was born. She said, “We literally had him since the day he took his first breath, so we had a very strong bond.”

@elliebuckler

The goodesr boy from the veery beginning to the very end 🌈 brings me comfort seeing how good his life was 🥺 ♬ Coffee – beabadoobee

They thought that they would lose Baxter when he was 11 but the dog rallied on and reached his 12^th birthday. But he was really getting sick.  He had arthritis and trouble breathing. To stay comfortable, he had to have painkillers.  It was not the life that they wanted Baxter to have and so the family decided to put him to sleep.

Buckler said, “As heartbreaking as it was, we had to do what was right. It wouldn’t have been fair to allow him to carry on the way he was.” 

And thus, the video of his last day.

And what a loving way to go— in the arms of those who loved him all his life. 

Buckler posted a video of the sunset with a rainbow when she got back home and captioned it, “Off over the rainbow bridge. Running in the big fields in the sky ❤️ love you forever baby boy 🌈 12 years wasn’t long enough.”

Run free, Baxter.

Source: PEOPLE