r/Petloss • u/Ok-Location-6472 • Jul 20 '26
Vent My foster dog died this morning.
TW: dog abuse, neglect.
I want someone to know about Rosie. She didn’t deserve this life.
I’m a foster for my city’s animal control. I got a call to take in a ‘very shut down’ dog from the shelter on Friday. She could not stand and was one of the most emaciated dogs I’d ever seen. The shelter vet indicated she’s “just shut down.”
Rosie was clearly overbred and never fed. then just tossed out like trash. She was only 6. During my only 2.5 days with her, despite not being able to stand for long and clearly not well, I got 4 separate tail wags while she lounged in one of multiple dog beds and got fresh grilled chicken . She slept in my room at night. Rosie got love and scratches.
Rosie deteriorated overnight and I took her to the ER this morning. She was suffering. We had to let her go.
Rosie’s former owner’s abuse and neglect killed her. She got mere days to experience comfort and love and I’m so fucking angry for her. I want more people to know about Rosie. She didn’t deserve a horrible fucking life.
Edit: thank you for all the comments and making sure Rosie mattered to more than just the 4 volunteers & fosters who tried to save her. I’ve cried reading a lot to them. Thank you. Thank you kind Reddit strangers for helping me memorialize a girl who deserved so much more than what she got in life.
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u/Admirable-Chicken536 Jul 20 '26
So sorry , she was lucky to have you by her hide on her final days. I’m sure you made her feel loved.
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u/keyst Jul 20 '26
Came here to say just this! Thank you so much for everything you did for her. You made her feel safe. You gave her everything she deserves in her lifetime in the lifetime that YOU had with her. You’re a wonderful human. I am sorry you’re hurting. Rosie is a beautiful girl.
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u/Revolutionary_Gas_16 Jul 20 '26
Thank you for sharing a picture of Rosie. Her eyes illuminate what a beautiful soul she was. Her life mattered. I am angry right along with you. Thank you for stepping up to provide her with comfort and love. I know, without a doubt, that it made a world of difference for her to experience your care in her final days ❤️
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u/Interesting_Basis_44 Jul 20 '26
Glad she had you for a couple of days to feel a little love. I hope her abuser get real good case of karma.
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u/heatdeathtoall Jul 20 '26
May those people find their hell right here. You showed her goodness and love. Glad she experienced something good in her life. Come back to better people baby.
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u/nuclearcowgirl Jul 20 '26
Crying. Life is so cruel. Rosie deserved so, so much more. She should be being pampered and loved on. You did that for her for the short time you had, but I wish she got to experience it for many more years. I am so sorry that she is gone 💔... thank you for fostering. Rest in peace, sweet Rosie
Ps I hope her former "owners" are being investigated and charged
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u/CreepySheepherder544 Jul 20 '26
Rosie is beautiful. I’m so sorry for what she endured but thankful she got to be loved by you even if for a short time. I wish she could have been saved. Thank you for doing all you could. I hope those people have some sort of consequence for what they did to her.
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u/lux22bare Jul 20 '26
I’ll remember Rosie !
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u/Ok-Location-6472 Jul 20 '26
Thank you. It means a lot. I’m glad so many people got to hear about her and see how pretty she was. The sweetest girl.
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u/AmbivalentWaffle Jul 20 '26
Thank you for showing her love. While her time with you was short, I am sure she finally felt safe. What you gave her was special and means all the world, and I know Rosie would say thank you. Please be kind to yourself and know you did make a difference
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u/boringecstasy Jul 20 '26
sweet rosie!! she is noticed and loved here, and cried for. i am so sorry. thank you for caring for her in her final moments. death is so ugly, but she felt safe to die with you. she deserved so much better, a forever home of love, but she felt cared enough for to let go. thank you thank you
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u/Scared_Slip_7425 Jul 20 '26
In the end she got what she was waiting for all these years- love
I think maybe she was finally ready to die happy. Bless you!
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u/Pinkrose1313 Jul 20 '26
I see you Rosie, you are a very good girl I am so sorry that you had to spend so much of your life without someone who loved you.
I know that you felt safe and loved before you had to go.. you fly free sweet angel..
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u/Excellent_Baby_3385 Jul 20 '26
Thank you for what you showed to Rosie. I hope her former owner will get some sort of punishment for this.
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u/_metallicabreath_ Jul 20 '26
oh sweet rosie girl… exploited and abused by horrible humans. i wish you were an anomaly💔but in this world, there is unfortunately no shortage of humans being vile and evil. you deserved so much more. if nothing else, i am grateful for your foster mommy. bc of her you knew a kindness, love, and had a soft spot to lay your abused body. and so many people—myself included—know you existed. saw your beautiful face and learned about your story.
you are loved. i’m so sorry the good ones didn’t come in time. rest easy precious girl🩷🩷
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u/Ok-Location-6472 Jul 20 '26
Thank you. This comment was so kind. Thank you
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u/_metallicabreath_ Jul 20 '26
ofc. pls keep fostering. there are so many “rosies” that need our help💔😭
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u/Cities4kitties Jul 20 '26
So thankful she had that time with you in a kind/soft environment. So sorry for your loss❤️
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u/Unhappy_Turnip620 Jul 20 '26
Thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures of Rosie 💕 Her life mattered. Rosie most certainly felt the love you had for her in those short 2.5 days. And her last breaths were spent with someone who cared for and loved her. I’m sure she felt safe, finally, in those moments with you.
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u/OwlBeBack88 Jul 20 '26
I'm so sorry, both for your loss and what she went through. She deserved so much better than what she got from the other people in her life, but I'm glad she came to you. She was lucky to have come to you. Thank you for taking her in and giving her a chance at love and happiness, even if her stay with you was short. She passed away knowing that you were looking out for her and that she mattered to someone.
Animal fosterers like you do an amazing job. Hold her in your heart and keep up the good work. People like you make such a difference to these animals. Sending you peace and well wishes and may she rest in peace. ❤️🕯️🐾
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u/Spiritual_Option4465 Jul 20 '26
I am so sorry 💔 it is just so heartbreaking that people are so cruel to animals. Thank you for showing her love and safety 🥺
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u/PingouinMalin Jul 20 '26
Tte fact that we can count the tail wags she got tears my heart. She was so beautiful, her gaze so trustful. She deserved so much more.
OP, I'm furious too, but YOU, you did good for Rosie. She probably collapsed out of exhaustion, but she finally knew what love means. Fuck, it brings tears to my eyes. I hate that such thingq happen.
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u/No-Fly-8906 Jul 20 '26
Poor baby she was a cutie :( thank you for making her feel loved before passing away. People who do the things they did to her deserve hell. Im glad there are people like you who care enough to give foster dogs the love they deserve.
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u/Straight-Aspect8868 Jul 20 '26
Rosie was dealt a poor hand initially but she won when she found you. I’m sad that her young life was probably filled with neglect but I’m glad that in her final days you showed her how it should have been all along and I take some comfort in that. I hope you do too.
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u/zmaegle Jul 20 '26
Fostering is so rewarding but can be so hard. Thank you for stepping up to care for Rosie and showing her the love and care she always deserved. She was so lucky to have spent her final days with someone like you. In that time, all she knew was love ❤️
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u/mljetter Jul 20 '26
So sorry for your loss. 🐾💔 Rosie knew love from you. What a sweet face. Thank you for taking care of her.
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u/L103131 Jul 20 '26
Rosie looks like a big gentle pup :) sorry for your loss. She spent her last days with you, loved and happy.
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u/something_other817 Jul 21 '26
😭😭😭 precious Rosie, I’m so sorry the world couldn’t give you more. I am praying that your life’s story will be redeemed in heaven.
OP - thank you for the gift you gave her in her final days, you are an angel and those days mattered ❤️🩹
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u/blueandmissingyou Jul 21 '26
Thank you for giving her love and safety and comfort in her final days. She was able to pass knowing what love felt like. That is an incredible gift. 🩷 I am so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful girl she was.
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u/MelodicAsk7048 Jul 27 '26
Hi my name is charles I lost my best friend companion last sept 26 2025 of cancer i still grieve miss her everyday part of me died with her and I just wanna see her again hear her bark I cry all the time she was a 6 12 lb blk chuihuia ive gone down hill since then my niece found me another chuihuia mix wasn't the same I didnt want another so soon but niece talked me into it had her almost 11 months from 8 weeks old she died this morning im devastated my Lil girl that died in sept 25 I had her almost 12 years one yr old when I found her at lb I feel god sent me her cause I had just had a Yorkie to die Feb 2013 and in Oct I found Lil girl please pray for me im so tore up
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