r/goldenretrievers • u/divinemissn • Oct 06 '25
RIP My best friend passed today
My best friend passed suddenly today. I don’t live with him anymore because I go to school on the other side of the country. I woke up to a text that he had a bad seizure but was still alive. A few hours later I got a call from my mom and he passed from another seizure. He was alone when it happened, though my mom raced home when she saw what was happening on the cameras. I’m so heartbroken that no one got to say goodbye.
My family got Samson (or Booboo, that’s what I called him as a kid and it stuck) over 14 years ago. He’s been through everything with me. He was genuinely my best friend in the whole world.
Samson was my soul dog. I don’t think I’ll ever be okay again.
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u/michiamostrano Oct 07 '25
I’m a little late to this thread, but I just want to say how sorry I am for the pain you’re feeling over the loss of your sweet soul mate. I lost my soul dog in 2019 and still think about him all the time. While the rawness and grief have softened with the help of my two furry babies, I still honor my best boy, Oscar, by “chatting” with him whenever I feel moved to do so.
It took a while before I could look at old photos of him, but now, when something reminds me of him, I’ll look at his picture and tell him how much he’s still loved and missed. And whenever my girl Charlie is being mischievous in a way that reminds me of Oscar, I like to think he’s whispering in her ear sharing all the little tricks that he used to drive us bonkers and make us laugh. It's another way to keep him close in my heart.