Suzanne Jackson has said saying goodbye to her dog Bella is the most difficult thing she’s ever had to do.
The top Irish blogger was left “inconsolable” after her dog ran away and then died, while being minded by her cousin.
Suzanne and her family had jetted to Lanzarote for a Christmas holiday, when Bella went missing.
Writing in a new blog post titled “For My Bella”, Suzanne recalled the upsetting day she found out she was dead.
Speaking about the search for her dog, Suzanne wrote: “I immediately went on to social media and shared the pictures of the dogs with all the details praying they would be found.
“An hour went by, the longest hour of my life and in the midst of it all Dylan ran out of the hotel room with his wallet and phone and headed to the airport for a flight home to try find the dogs. It was crazy.”
“I was in the bathroom sobbing on my phone reading every single snapchat/email/text/tweet that came in… until I read a message that I wish I hadn’t.
“A young girl messaged to say that she and her friend had found Bella but she had been knocked down. I dropped my phone and screamed crying!!
“My dad picked up my phone and asked the girl to ring him. He hung up and his voice shook as he said with tears in his eyes, ‘She’s dead Suzanne, she’s gone’. I cried and cried and cried… after that, it’s all a blur.
“We flew home early that day and I made my way to my house. At this point, another, one of my best friends Sara had collected Bella and brought her home. Home to her house, in her bed with her blankets by the Christmas tree and they waited for me.
“I cried the whole way home from Lanzarote. I was inconsolable. Every thought imaginable ran through my head and I was devastated,” she added.
Suzanne went on to say that she and husband Dylan then went to say their goodbyes, and it was the hardest thing she’s ever done.
“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done… I cried like a baby and just stroked her coat. She looked so peaceful, almost like she was asleep – I take comfort knowing she wasn’t in pain and that she still looked like my Bella.”
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