Best-selling author and food blogger Nagi Maehashi has shared a heartbreaking update following the death of her beloved dog, Dozer.
Dozer, a golden retriever, shot to fame alongside the launch of the infamous RecipeTin Eats blog in 2014, when he was just two years old. Known as the cooking website’s “Chief Taste tester”, he became a familiar face to readers, regularly appearing at the end of recipes and building a devoted online following of his own.
On Sunday evening, Maehashi posted a video tribute to social media, captioned, “my heart is shattered”.
According to the post, the nearly 14-year-old dog passed away on February 5.
Two days earlier, Maehashi has told readers on RecipeTin Eats that she would be “taking time away from work” after Dozer was hospitalised with pneumonia.
“I’ve cried a thousand tears and there’s a million more to come,” she wrote.
“We’re in the final chapter of Life of Dozer and we all know how the story will end. But before we get to the final page, it is my greatest hope that Dozer can come home in good enough condition to have some time to do the things he loves the most – spending time with his favourite people, scavenging around the table, playing with friends at the beach.
“Thank you for all the years of love you’ve shown Dozer, for sharing your own fur baby stories, and for making him feel so deeply adored far beyond our little world.”
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