“They all got to take one last swim together.”
“You could tell a lot of thought and love went into the entire place.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs, I immediately started tearing up.

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There were hundreds, if not thousands, of collars.
Some had their name tags still on them.
Some had fur still on them.”

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“While at the vet, he started having cluster seizures.
I had to make the hardest choice to put him to sleep.”
My heart broke all over again, I cried myself to sleep.
The devastation our tri-state area has suffered is indescribable."
Thousands of commenters from around the country weighed in on the clips, too.
Just think, someone, someday, whether its next week or 100 years from now.
Will find your dog’s collar and say their name one more time, one wrote.
As states begin the process of recovery, Lauren says she hopes the Rainbow Bridge can be rebuilt.