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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are mourning the lack of their beloved canine, Chewie, who died on Tuesday, Feb. 4, on the age of 17.

The couple opened up Wednesday’s episode of Stay with Kelly and Mark by revealing the information of Chewie’s dying, Consuelos sharing that the pair needed to put down the white and brown Shih Tzu.

“We had a tough day yesterday. We needed to say goodbye to Chewie yesterday,” he stated, explaining that the pair had a vet come to their New York Metropolis residence for humane euthanasia.

“Chewie had stopped consuming for a few days and had been consuming much less and fewer for the previous few weeks. She was extraordinarily dehydrated and had some neurological stuff happening,” Consuelos stated. “And also you assume, ‘Okay, I am doing the suitable factor, that is going to be not straightforward however…’ It is in all probability one of many hardest issues we have needed to do as a married couple.”

“I do know pet homeowners at residence can perceive this,” he added. “It takes a pet proprietor to grasp this sort of loss. It is grief. It truly is grief. However realizing that we did the suitable factor as a result of it was simply going to be actually, actually, actually unhealthy over the subsequent few days for her.”

Ripa and Consuelos acquired Chewie after Ripa first met the canine throughout an adoption section on Stay. “If it wasn’t for this present, we would not know Chewie,” Consuelos famous. “She grew up with our children.”

As he spoke, a visibly upset Ripa wiped away tears, ultimately burying her head in her arms. “I do know you are taking onerous, so I will do the heavy lifting,” Consuelos instructed his spouse.

However Ripa wished to talk, apologizing to the viewers for her tears.

“I am actually sorry. I assumed I acquired all of it out, guys. I actually thought I acquired all of it out and I apologize as a result of this isn’t how I wished this to go down,” she stated.

The Emmy winner went on to share reminiscences of Chewie. “She gave us a lot,” Ripa stated. “We’re stuffed with gratitude for this canine. … As every one among our children left for faculty and moved out on our personal, Chewie remained proper there. Our steadfast companion.”

“We have been so fortunate. We’re very lucky folks in our lives; we have not had loss in our lives, an amazing loss like this. We nonetheless have all of our mother and father. We’re so lucky,” Ripa stated. “I really feel very unhealthy crying in entrance of you when folks have — there are a lot greater issues on this planet, and I perceive that. However you need to perceive that this canine was so particular, and he or she was such an excellent lady.”

The couple instructed Stay viewers that they acquired a wave of help from mates after information of Chewie’s dying unfold. “It was, dare I say, presidential,” Ripa joked. “Folks got here folks just like the mail service. Folks got here to say goodbye to Chewie as a result of she was such a beloved member of the group. Not simply our canine, she was just like the neighborhood canine.”

Ripa then revealed the touching factor she did after Chewie’s dying.

“She by no means allow us to kiss her face, she was very valuable about her face. She was not that canine,” the speak present host recalled. “And after she handed away final night time, I kissed her 1,000 instances on her face. I kissed her nostril, I would by no means kissed her nostril earlier than.”

“I do know that she was like someplace in canine heaven, pissed off,” Ripa joked. “However I did not care as a result of it simply was so good to have that.”

Mentioned Consuelos: “You have been an excellent canine mother, she adored you.”

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Chewie was one among two canine within the Consuelos household. The Stay hosts are additionally pet mother and father to Lena, a Maltese/Shih Tzu combine that Ripa adopted in 2020.

Over the previous few weeks on Stay, Ripa and Consuelos have up to date viewers on Chewie’s well being. They defined that the ailing canine might now not stroll and had stopped appearing like herself.

“We’ll get via this,” Consuelos instructed a crying Ripa on Wednesday. “All collectively, we will get via it.”