This story really hit me in the feelings. On Monday, Jessica Alba, who recently announced she was pregnant with her third child with husband Cash Warren, posted on Instagram that her bulldog, Bowie, passed away. Along with an adorable photo of the dog, she wrote, “Came home to a dog less home- our sweet girl Bowie is now resting in peace with her sister Sidders. It’s been a rough two weeks. Will cherish our last night cuddling forever. Bowmeister was the sweetest love bug. RIP Bowie.”
If losing one dog wasn’t bad enough, less than two weeks ago, Jessica’s pug, Sid, passed away, right after Jessica and her family returned from a Hawaiian vacation. The dog appeared with Jessica in the 2003 film Honey. Jessica revealed on Facebook that Sid has passed, posting a photo montage of the camera-loving pooch with the sad details.
Jessica’s latest announcement comes on the heels of a promotional event for her company, The Honest Company, a new diaper collaboration with The Great. The pregnancy glow was doing wonders for her, as she posed for pictures and did some arts and crafts with her daughters Honor, 9, and Haven, 5. As for baby number three, Jessica told Jimmy Fallon that she has “amnesia” about having a baby and says her daughters are “stoked” for the new arrival. As for the name of the baby, she said the name had to match her girls’ “unusual” names, but has to start with an “H” and has to be a word. You can watch their brainstorming session here.
I had to put my pooch down in April and I’m still hurting over it, so I can only imagine what Jessica feels like right now, but soon, she’ll have a new bundle of joy in her life, so that’s a good thing.
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This is just heartbreaking. She seems like a fabulous pet owner. Poor girl.
Dogs mourn for each other. I’ve always had two or three dogs, and they do know when one is sick and are depressed when one dies.
So true. Our oldest dog (he was 14) died a month ago, and the other 2 are still sad and confused by his absence. They’re also very clingy to us, and seem distressed whenever we leave. We’re getting them help to cope.
That’s so sad!
I hope when they are ready they adopt another.
Rip for both of her pet pooches, the only consolation is knowing they had a great life, so many unfortunately have a terrible time at the hands of callous people. This story reminded me of my much loved and very much missed doggie besties.
Her oldest daughter is ridiculously cute. I wonder if she’ll have a boy? If so, I wonder what kind of unique starts with an H that kid will have.
She is really cute, looks just like her Dad. The younger daughter is a little ginger version of her mom, also super cute! They are definitely genetically blessed children.
Sad about her dogs. 🙁
It’s really heartbreaking.
We lost 2 dogs within 6 days of each other. They were both 12 years old and had been together since we rescued them as puppies. When our first passed and the other then died we took her to the vet who said she should have died months earlier based on her internal scan but obviously she’d held on as she knew she was the stronger of the 2 and our other dog wouldn’t have coped without her. It broke my heart and even though it was 6 years ago I still get a little misty.
Wow, the older daughter really grew into her looks. She looked like a carbon copy of dad as a baby/toddler and not in a good way. Now she has both of their best features.
Oh, good that I’m not the only one who thought that. (I’m sure they’re warming up a tiny section in hell for me for not finding all kids cute.)
I’ll be joining you in hell.
Dogs are the best. This made me think of Where The Red Fern Grows. Now I need to hug my dog and let her lick my tears.
I follow her on IG and I was so sad to see this. I lost both of my dogs within a few months of each other… the older one from old age, the younger one from bone cancer, which was a huge shock. We are still not over it and it’s been about 5 years now and we’re only just getting to the point where we can talk about them. People tell you what it’s like when they lose their dog(s), but you just don’t get it till you go through it first hand. They are family and those years together are never long enough.
This is so sad and heartbreaking for this family. For those 2 little girls to lose their pups – and Jessica to lose a friend who has been with her for so long! I hope this pain doesn’t make them afraid to open their home to more pets,
I feel for the family. It’s hard to have too losses at once, though it often happens that way as many people will have two pets near the same age, and dogs can grieve at least as hard as humans.
Hope. Honey. Hazel. Harper.
Hero. Hopper. Hunter. Huck.
Hodor. (not a real word)
i vote Hodor!!
Hodor, of course. 😀
But apart from that, I really like Hazel or Hunter.
Funny how genes work. The one girl looks like both parents the other doesnt look like either. My best friend growing up was like that too. She was the only dark haired short girl and her siblings and cousins were all tall and blonde. Then she met a dark haired guy n they have blonde kids.
Holly immediately came to mind, but it’s probably too much of a *name*…. she seems to like words that aren’t traditionally used as names. Same with Hope.
Heath? No, that’s a common name too.
Hmm… now I’ll be really curious to see which name they do pick. Hero? Hornet? Hanger? Hatbox? Hoagie? Hellion? Hijack? Hostage? Hangry?
Lol, Brittney B at Hanger, Hatbox etc. 😀 😀 😀
Heath would be very pretty though, IMHO.
Huckleberry!
So sad about her two dogs.
I lost my dog 5 years ago and I can’t believe it’s been that long. It still feels so fresh.
What a horrible loss! She must be devastated. I adore my baby girl. She’s almost 8 but she’s a mutt so I hope for at least another 8 years with her. Is it usual in the US to euthanize dogs? It seems to me such a cruel, horrible thing to do. In my country euthanasia for pets is very rare. Pets get treatment and if they are in pain they will get painkillers, but people let nature take its course. I couldn’t bear to kill my baby
Re: your question about euthanasia for animals here in the US. I found your comment about how animals are treated in your country so interesting. I worked for a veterinarian in the US for many years. Many people consider it an option when the animal cannot get around on its own or has a life-ending condition. There were also people who simply did not want to pay for expensive surgery and putting the animal to sleep was their option B. Pretty heartless. But I still understand.
Usually most clients would allow us to take the animal in back, but some wanted to be in the same room.
I was pretty young at the time and prided myself on my professional attitude. One day an elderly lady came in in her fuzzy pink slippers and wanted to be in the room with her very elderly (and fuzzy) brown poodle I cried so hard that both the owner and the vet had to console me.