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🍋hi, i’m lemon! 🎂1.26.26
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🌈 our sweet holly 6.28.24 - 11.22.25
🌸battled stage 4 kidney disease + renal dysplasia

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My Holly girl,

I still can’t believe you’re gone. Years ago, I started talking about you, well before I got you. I’d call you Holly and tell everyone how I couldn’t wait to get you someday. I’d joke with dad at every golden we’d see while out I’d say “it’s a Holly!” and he’d laugh and we’d both think about when we would get to meet you. The day finally came and you immediately stole our hearts. We knew we were taking you home. It was the best choice of our lives.

You made our days happier, you made them brighter. You made sad days feel easier and stressful times feel lighter. You were the best part of our lives from the moment we got you. You made us laugh and cry and find out what it meant to love unconditionally. I find myself still looking for you, searching for you everywhere I go. Home is so empty without you.

I’ll miss everything about you. Your excitement in the mornings running into bed with us. The way you got so excited for the beach and to run into the water, even when you refused to get out. I’ll miss looking up in the window for you when I get home, searching for your little face. The way you wiggled and your little noises anytime anyone came through the door. I’ll miss you stealing all our socks and shoes and bringing them to us whenever you got excited. I’ll miss days at the beach with you just watching how much fun you’re having. The love you had for watermelon and your squeaky ball. Your gentle snores on the couch and snuggling with me and dad. I’ll miss keep away and running around the kitchen island playing chase. I’ll miss every moment.

Thank you for choosing us and loving us, and being the sweetest dog we could have asked for. You touched our lives in so many ways, and the lives of many others. Everyone who had the chance to meet you loved you. Our perfect girl.

My heart aches for you. You deserved a long, wonderful life. I know you are in heaven eating all of the toilet paper and running around at the beach and asking for all the pets. I hope you are at peace now my baby, I hope all the pain is gone. I will never forget you and will hold you in my heart forever. Until we meet again sweet girl. I love you so much 💔🪽 by @hollyandlemon

Today is World Kidney Day.

Holly was born with renal dysplasia which ultimately lead to an aggressive form of kidney disease and her life was cut to just a year and a half. She had Stage 3 CKD at just a couple months old and survived a year at Stage 4. Recent studies show that 1 in 10 dogs will suffer from kidney disease at some point in their life, statistics that aren’t communicated enough. Many dogs can live a long life with kidney disease under control, but that wasn’t Holly’s case. Holly passed away just shy of 4 months ago and we would do anything to have her back, have her with us and healthy. What we can do to live in her memory is spread awareness and help others during a diagnosis to navigate the complexities of this disease.

Holly, life doesn’t feel fair without you in it. Mom and Dad think about you every single second, and kiss your box whenever we see it. We whisper goodnight to you, and say your name so you are never forgotten. Our first love that made us whole, that allowed us to open our hearts more than we could have imagined. We love you more than you’ll ever know. Our angel 🪽🌈💚

#kidneydisease #ckd #kidneydiseaseawareness #renaldysplasiaindogs #renaldysplasia by @hollyandlemon

Welcome home sweet Lemon 🍋💛

A bittersweet moment picking up the new addition to our family yesterday 🥹 The weeks following up to getting Lemon were filled with a lot of emotions of happiness to fill the missing piece in our house and hearts, and sadness and anger that Holly isn’t here to fill that hole. There will never be a day we don’t think about Holly. We still talk about her all the time and reminisce. We talk to her everyday and she’ll always be our first soul dog that filled us with more love than we’d ever known.

Lemon is not a replacement, but a chapter for us to love again and open our hearts. We have so much love to give and our home truly felt empty without a four legged little one. Lemmy, we already are obsessed with you and love you so much! We’re so excited to make new memories as a family and take you to all of Holly’s favorite places.

I carry your heart with me, I carry it in my heart 💛🩷

#goldenretriever #goldenretrieverpuppy by @hollyandlemon

Happy Halloween 👻🎃 by @hollyandlemon

calling the authorities because I got dinner 5 minutes late
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she’s an athlete, she’s a star!! 🍋🌊
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The best friend a shadow could have!

#goldenretriever #puppy #clingydog #cutedog #funnydog by @hollyandlemon

they were too busy doin a ignore 😂💙☀️
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#goldenretriever #puppy #goldenpuppy #puppygram #puppiesofinstagram by @hollyandlemon

Lemons suspicious behavior is not to be messed with 😂🍋
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#goldenretriever #goldenpuppy #suspicious by @hollyandlemon

look at these big paws! 🐾
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#goldenretriever #goldenpuppy by @hollyandlemon

Gotta love that puppy energy 😆

#puppy #goldenretriever #puppytok #cutedog #funnydog by @hollyandlemon

Sorry Lemon I know you’re still finding your bark 😅

#puppy #goldenretriever #dogsofinstagram #dogsitter #funnydog dog by @hollyandlemon