Dog’s Owner Bought Him A Pillow Featuring His Deceased Brother’s Face For Comfort

Grief is one of the worst emotions a person can feel. It is never easy to lose a loved one, and it takes a long time to process. Animals are not immune to this anguish.

Recently, a heartbreaking story about two dog brothers, Spencer and Rocky, who died, went viral, demonstrating how grief can impact animals as well.

For ten years, these two greatest friends kept each other company. “They had never spent a night apart. Rocky and Spencer slept in the same bed, ate from the same bowl, and always walked together when they went out,” the dogs’ owner, Beth Fisher said.

Rocky’s illness, however, cut short their great companionship. Beth took the gorgeous blonde puppy to the doctor when he became unwell.But, what at the time seemed like a treatable ailment, turned out to be a late stage cancerous tumor which put Rocky out of options.

“Rocky had to get put down that day. It was hard to process Rocky’s sudden death but we can’t imagine how hard it must be for Spencer to have lost his little brother,” Fisher said.

Spencer was heartbroken. He was having to come to terms with the death of a longstanding friend who had been snatched from him so quickly. “Since Rocky passed, Spencer has been getting up in the night to wander the house looking for his brother. And then he starts crying because he can’t find him,” the owner said.

The dog was in dire need of anything to help him cope with his loss. Fisher’s father devised a plan in the intention of assisting him. He bought Spencer a pillow with Rocky’s face printed on it. The pillow initially put Spencer at ease.

“Spencer has been cuddling into the pillow since it arrived, carrying it from the sofa to his own bed. He seems a lot more settled now that he’s got something to cuddle into.”

While the pillow would never be able to entirely cure Spencer’s pain, it did offer him with much-needed solace.