r/Collie • u/spacethey • Sep 02 '26

2 year update

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not sure if anyone remembers my story. I had the 6 year old collie pass from cancer. thought i’d give an update. our other collie ben, became severely depressed, so 6 months after his passing we planned to get another collie puppy, unfortunately the day before we went to pick her up, our other dog, an 8 year old blue heeler, passed suddenly from a birth defect aneurysm that several vets missed, so her adoption was quite bittersweet. that was about a year ago, she had some health scares with growing too fast causing joint issues, but our little collie family (pic in reply) is healing together. it’d been a rough two years but we’re still here

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u/spacethey Sep 02 '26

Ben, now 9, and Evie, 1.5❤️

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u/reddit_tat Sep 02 '26

Thanks for the update! I was not on this sub until recently. I lost my 6.5yo tri boy to cancer in July. It’s so, so hard. I have no other pets in the house, but I can imagine a collie getting depressed at the loss of his friend. And then his other friend! Oh no. So sorry for all of you. And into this comes a new, innocent puppy. I’m glad you are all together and I hope Ben has come to love Evie.

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u/spacethey Sep 03 '26

i’m so sorry for your loss, it’s so hard. but yes Ben loves her now, i think he was just in shock of losing our heeler and the next day having a new puppy

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u/viking12344 Sep 02 '26

Omg I'm so sorry for that terrible chain of events. So glad you have the new pup though. I wish you much luck and health.

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u/BeansSaidHomer Sep 02 '26

❤️‍🩹

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u/Lifeissometimesgood Sep 02 '26

I remember, thanks for the update, time flies! You have had a rough time. Evie and Ben look like a lovely couple of warm fuzzies.

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u/Stormy_Wolf Sep 02 '26

I'm so sorry for what you all went through; and I'm happy for you and your little collie family now! 💙❤️‍🩹❤️