What Happened to Memphis the Husky | Answering Your Questions

A little bit of rain for this video seems perfectly fitting to me. Guess what we're doing today? We're filming a Q&A video outside while it's sprinkling rain, hopefully before that cloud comes this way. So you can probably tell from the title what we will be talking about today. For those of you that do not know if this is how you're finding out, I apologize greatly. So on June 6th, 2026 we lost Memphis. She passed away June 6th, 2026. I will put a link at the end of this video to where you can kind of go and hear like the full story on that because I don't want to have to go over all of that again. Today's video is kind of a what happened to Memphis video, answering questions that you guys have been leaving in the comments. Things that I feel like... Be careful! Things that I... Be careful! That I feel like we should be talking about because you know every one of us that owns a pet is going to go through this at some point in time and I feel like more people should talk about you know, the things, everything that goes along with this because you know some of you this may be your first pet and you have no idea what happens and some of you may have gone through this before but feel really alone. Two things, don't feel alone. There are people that have gone through the same things. You can find them. There are support groups, Facebook, everywhere. Like don't feel alone. Find somebody to talk to. But you guys have been leaving a lot of questions so I thought today we would go through some of those questions. The first question which I have seen asked many times and I didn't realize that I didn't actually post anything about it here on this channel but I did on our vlog channel was, is Memphis home? Yes, Memphis is home. I can show you that right now. All right, we're gonna show it to you. So this is what they actually sent her home in. This is what I picked because I purchased this beautiful green urn. So Memphis is home. She is in here. I got this green urn. I don't remember the name of the website and then we did do a paw print with it as well and I also did a paw print at the vet's office that I got to do and it's up in there. It looks very similar to this but I got to do that one. So they sent us the paw print. They sent her in this. We took her out of this and now she's in here. So there she is. There's the Memphis. She is home. She will be going up on the shelf in the curio cabinet as soon as I clean all that off and put her up there and I'll probably do a whole thing on that on the vlog channel but she is home. Hi! I know and she's right there. So yes, we did have her cremated and yes she is home. Another question I got asked which I thought was really important to talk about was did you let the other dogs see her? Did we take Kira and Eleanor to see Memphis when we were at the vet? You know, I thought about it quite a bit. I really did. It was something that went through my head quite a bit while we were there and we were waiting for the vet to come in and do all the things that needed to be done and I decided not to have... You are going to be so muddy. I decided not to have the dogs come in. There are a lot of differing opinions on this. Some people say it was really great for their dogs. Other people say it was a horrifying experience because the dogs didn't care and didn't know what was going on. I feel like our dogs kind of knew what was happening. I don't feel like I needed to take them to understand it. I feel like they kind of knew. Even though Kira kind of looked for her a little bit for the first few days after she was gone. I feel like they knew. So no, I did not take my dogs with me. If you're watching this and you were one of those people that did, let us know in the comments below what your experience was because I would love for people to hear different experiences on this because I've never actually taken any of my dogs when we've had to go through this. But I would love to hear some other experiences on this. So kind of staying on that topic. Have the dogs changed? Not... So their personalities are still... You have dirt on your face, honey. Their personalities are still pretty much the same. They're still the same dogs that they've always been. The difference is the routine has changed. So the routine in the house has changed. The feeding routine has changed. Even everything in the morning has changed. Our walking routine has changed. So we're seeing routine changes with them and they're kind of figuring it out as we figure it out. But as for like their personalities and everything, I mean Kira was quite mopey for almost a month. But clearly you can see she's pretty much back to her normal self. Again, if you don't watch the vlogs, we do upload four videos a week over at youtube.com slash Snow Dogs Vlogs and you can kind of see there that Kira is really pretty much back to normal. And then kind of going back to what people were asking before that, do the other dogs know that she is gone? I do believe that they have figured it out. I think they kind of figured out what was going on that day before we even knew what was going on. You guys have to realize dogs have really crazy senses, you know, not just smell, but there are a lot of things that dogs can sense before we can. Animals in general have crazy senses. So I do believe that they understand that that she is gone. This question made me giggle quite a bit. Is it quiet without her? As you guys know, Memphis was a loud demanding girl in her older age. She would demand to go outside. She would demand to go for walks. She would demand her food. And it wasn't just a stare. It was loud and boisterous and demanding. So yeah, as crazy as it is, it does feel a little weird and quiet without her. Routine change. It's just another routine change. I think that's the hardest part of all of this is all the routine changes. But yeah, it is definitely quieter. These two still have a lot of fun. They still do their crazy howling and things like that. But yeah, quieter would be a good way to explain it. Looking for the squirrel, the baby bunny. There's a baby bunny that's underneath the shed. But so I'm kind of watching for him to come back out here. I don't, I think he knows better than to come back out here. Oh, we might get really rained on or hopefully that's just wind. Hopefully that's just wind and not crazy rain. Somebody asked, and again, I asked you guys to ask these questions. I'm not saying the names of the people that ask these questions because I don't want any of you guys to think that like, I just didn't want anybody to be like that question was insensitive. None of these questions are insensitive. I asked you guys to ask these questions. So somebody wanted to know if the dogs reacted to the cremated remains. No, they didn't. They didn't react to the paw print imprint. They didn't really react to the created remains. I don't know what they necessarily could still smell in essence of Memphis. That sounds so weird to say essence of Memphis. There's a squirrel on the fence up there. Keep looking this way Kira. So he and okay, he's good. He's in the neighbor yard. We're good. We're good Kira. We're good. But no, they did not. They did not react to it really at all, which is probably good because I probably would have fallen apart if they did. A question we have been asked over and over and over, even though I joked with you guys and told you not to ask the question. I knew better. I know you guys are going to ask, but this one I liked the way how it was phrased. So this question was, will you get a puppy from Kira's breeder or Memphis's breeder? What about Eleanor's breeder? Eleanor's breeder is amazing too, but they only asked about Kira and Memphis's. All right, I'll tell you guys the story. So we could have had a puppy on July 15th. We got offered a puppy actually from Kira's breeder and it would have been her great great niece. But we passed on the puppy because a friend of mine had just lost two of her Huskies within like 10 weeks of each other. One of them was I believe around 10 and had passed from cancer and the other was 15 and a half. So we passed on that puppy so that my friend who had no dogs at her house could get that puppy. It wasn't the only reason we passed. There was a lot going on and I thought it was a little bit too early too soon. We still haven't fully adjusted. We need to adjust, figure out our new routines before we figure it out. Will we be getting a puppy? Yeah, most likely at some point in time. When? I don't know. Will we rescue? I don't know. I don't know how many of you guys know or remember. We weren't really looking for a puppy when Eleanor kind of fell into our lap and I mean Kira we were on a list for but we are on a few lists. We do have our contacts out with a few people but I don't think it'll be until at least next year. But you never know, you never know. We weren't looking to get Eleanor and then she fell into our lap. So and will it be from Kira's breeder or Memphis's breeder or somebody related? I would love to find a dog that was a direct relation to Memphis. And yes, most likely it'll be a girl. I'm gonna say that now. Why no boys? Because the boy dogs are bigger than the girl dogs and I need to be able to pick these dogs up when I am by myself. Is that a good enough reason or a good enough excuse for you guys? Because how would I be able to save my girls if we had a boy dog? No, girl dogs only in this house. Many of you have asked, how are the kids? And if you don't know who the kids are, do you see the bunny? If you don't know who the kids are, they're referring to my brother's two kids, John Matthew and Charlotte. That's a rock. That's not the bunny. That's a rock. Um, the kids are okay. They know what happened. My mom actually told them. The kids were at my mom's house and my mom told them what had happened. And we talked to them and they called us and I don't know how many of you guys, if you don't watch the vlog channel, you may not know this. My brother's wife passed away from cancer last year. So unfortunately these kids have a little bit of experience with grief and loss. They understood it. We got lots of hugs. We talk about it just like we talk about their mom. It is one of those things that we always try to be open, especially when it comes to the kids. If they have questions, we do our best to answer them. And we also let them know that it's okay to cry. That, you know, grief can hit you at any point in time. It's okay to cry and it's okay to feel those feelings. But the kids are doing good. They do understand and they know that Memphis is gone. They were just here the other day and I got hugs from both of them and they both said that, that they miss Memphis. And I said, we miss Memphis too. Few of you asked about Miss Paula. Miss Paula was our physical therapist for Memphis that we used to go to Traverse City and we would drive over there and we would see her and do physical therapy. Paula knows about Memphis, of course. She was one of the first people to know I told her before I told the internet because I didn't want her to have to read it on the internet. I have not seen Paula since then. I was hoping to see her when I made a trip to Traverse City to drop Dan off at the airport. Dan who edits these videos, he was here visiting for a couple weeks. That's on the blog channel as well. And I was hoping to see her, but she was working at a different vet's office and I just didn't have time. But at some point in time, I will be going to Traverse City or Jamie and I may go camping over there so that we can see her. But yes, and we are still friends with Miss Paula. You know, we became friends. She's more than just a physical therapist to us. She's also our friend. Hey, maybe one day you'll have to go to physical therapy and we'll start taking you over there. Or you, who knows? And staying on the track of, is this person okay? Is that person okay? Did they know? I'm gonna put this all into one. How is Dan? How is Eric? How is Greg? How are you and Jamie? We're okay. We're all okay. Everybody knows. We all process together. Eric and Greg and Jennifer, Eric's girlfriend, they all showed up literally the day it happened. We all hung out in the living room together. They've been here multiple times since then. We have great friends. Dan flew out for two weeks to come see us, to distract us from all of our sadness. We have amazing friends, a very close group of friends. We all know and we're all processing. Like it's hard on all of us. It really is, but we're all okay and we're just taking things day by day. That's all we can really, really do. And the last question, which I thought was a good one, was what do you want people to know about Memphis? Honestly, you guys, I think you know just about everything there was to know about Miss Memphis Bell. She grew up on the internet. You guys can literally go back to 2013 and you can see the day we brought her home. You can see pretty... Oh, there's a squirrel. I hear him yelling. You can see everything we did with her. You can watch her grow up on the internet, which is amazing. I think you guys pretty much knew her like we knew her. Between this channel and the vlog channel, we shared her whole life. Memphis was sweet. She was kind. She was an amazing dog. They're all amazing dogs. I honestly don't think there's anything I could tell you guys about Memphis that you don't already know. What's your favorite thing about Memphis or memory about Memphis? Leave that in the comments below because that will make us happy to read them. All right, we're on squirrel watch. Let's look. Is that the nest? There's the nest right there in those trees. There's a little squirrel nest. It's hard to see, but it is there. And they're yelling out of that nest right now. Girls, we're not messing with the baby squirrel. Oh, they're out of the nest. They're up there. Hear them yelling? There they are. Those are the two newest babies. We're not. Are you leaving them alone? I will make all the noise to let them know not to come down here. Because now they're playing. So they're up there, but their nest is over there. So yeah, anyway, what a crazy day to do this video in the rain and everything. We're okay. We miss Memphis. There's a ton of videos of her on this channel. There's a ton of videos of her on our vlog channel and on the Snow Dogs Short channel and on all of our social media. So if you got... You're making it rain, dudes. Yeah, there's a squirrel up there. So yeah, you should definitely go watch those things. And thank you guys for submitting the questions. I know a lot of you said, don't do this until you're ready and things like that. But you know, we also have to process and we have to kind of go through this process as well. And hopefully this helps you guys. Hopefully this helps you with your own dogs. Helps you process as well as it helping us process. I see the squirrels up there, sweetheart. I see them. I do. But they're gonna stay up there. They're the babies and they don't really know a lot yet. So they might run down here when they're not supposed to. Okay, so this video ended up being way longer than I intended it to be. So hopefully it helped you out. And if you watched all the way to the end, comment squirrel friend down in the comments below so that I know you guys saw it all the way to the end. All right, you guys. We hope you enjoyed today's video as always. Thanks so much for watching. Thanks for subscribing. Stay positive. Dream big. And we will see you again soon. Love you guys. Thank you so much for loving Memphis. Thank you for all the kind words. Everything you've sent to the P.O. Box. Everything you've done for us. We appreciate you. All of you. And uh, yeah. We love you guys. Goodbye, Claudians.