A Heartbreaking Farewell to Our Third Best Kitchen Helper Ever

Look! Ingredients! Are those ingredients? I mean, they'll make something, won't they? And look! I don't know, hun, I think you are officially promoted to best kitchen helper ever. Because there are no other kitchen helpers. That makes it you! All jokes aside, we're not really making anything today. Although, if you put a little bit of that in some warm apple cider, if you're over the age of 21, it's actually pretty good. Or hot chocolate. But I don't know if the apple will be good in hot chocolate. There's a vanilla one you can put in hot chocolate. Anyway, if you haven't heard, most of you have heard by now because you follow us either on Gone to the Snow Dogs or Snow Dogs Vlogs or Snow Dogs Shorts, which if you don't know, those are a whole bunch of other channels that we have. On October 26th, we lost Kira. And I know some of you who may not watch those channels and may actually have actually discovered us here, you might not know, but... Most of you know we lost Memphis in June and we just lost Kira. Memphis was 13 so she was kind of expected. Kira, not so much. Kira was only seven and a half. I did a full video explaining what happened over on Gone to the Snow Dogs which I'll link up in the cards below. I don't want to tell the story again. I've told it too many times already but the short of it is she went downhill really fast. I don't know if I had talked at all on here about her having a back issue. She was having what we thought was back pain. Turns out it was back pain but it had an underlying cause which was a mass on her heart. So she went downhill really fast like in the course of three days. We did everything we could. We called the specialists. We did everything that we could do and it wouldn't have mattered even if we would have figured this out a month ago. It wouldn't have mattered. It still would have been the same outcome which sucks. It It was a hemangiosarcoma. I'm never going to say that word right. We're just, we're suspecting that that's what it was. Most likely that's what it was. All the symptoms pointed to that. What it looked like on the scans pointed to that. We did not do a necropsy because I just wasn't going to allow them to do that. So basically, what is this video? This is a video of me telling you that once again, we're living in a nightmare and we've lost another one of our dogs and I'm not cooking anything today, but I wanted to let you guys know this. I will be back to normal next week. I know I missed last week. Now you know why. Uh, I had planned a really fun video, which I don't think I'm gonna do now. I'll do something else. But that's kind of what's going on. So, forever and always the third best kitchen helper ever. And you know what? Let's just roll a whole bunch of third best kitchen helper ever clips. Hi, third best kitchen helper ever. Bacon noodle. Heck yeah, what a noodle. Good stuff. Third best kitchen helper ever holding down the couch. Here you go. You like to try those? Crunchy stuff. Third best kitchen helper in the kitchen? Is it because you knew? You knew I was giving out some some plain chow mein noodles? Plain chow mein noodles? Third best kitchen helper ever who apparently is snuggling a blanket today. You're adorable. We're cooking in here I'm gonna turn the oven on so you probably want to stay put. And third best kitchen helper ever who has a cone on her head. Kira the oven doesn't come on in this one. You can stay in here. Okay, never mind. She's leaving. Kira says ain't no way I am staying in the kitchen. All right, let's see if I can make peace with Kira. Can I make peace with you today, Cabbage? See, that's good stuff, right? She's like, yeah, can you take this cone off, please? Not yet, honey, not yet. Third best kitchen helper is a watermelon cone head today. She's all right, she just can't lick her paw and I just soaked it. And best kitchen helper number three, who was outside in the rain. Yeah, she's like, I love outside. She's like, I love outside even if it's raining, so we're drying her off. All right, let's go find her. We didn't forget you. Lettuce for you. Kira's like, I love rabbit food. I know you do. That's why we brought you some. And then, oh look, it's a Kira. She's like, I may hide in the living room during cooking, but I'm ready when there's food. Oh my goodness. There's second best kitchen helper. Look at third best kitchen helper over there. You're such a great helper. Kira. She's going to expect us Just to bring this to her. Kira! She's going to come right through that. Look at her. She's like, we got nothing on in here. You're good. You're okay. Come here. I got something for you. There's literally nothing on. I even shut the instant pot off. Is that good? Is that good? Okay. You can go back to doing your thing, ma'am. Would you like a strawberry slice? Third best kitchen helper ever. Kira does love a strawberry. I know they're not as good as the Alpina strawberries, but don't you hate it? Hey, third best kitchen helper ever. Would you like a marshmallow? She's like, heck yeah, I want a marshmallow. Okay, that's it. You only get one. One marshmallow, that's all. Would you like a cornflake? She's like, whoa, geez, that's a cornflake. What do you think? She's like, hmm, that's pretty good. And the third best kitchen helper ever is holding up the living room as she does. With your perfect little crossy paws. You little angel. Now let's go find third best kitchen helper ever to give her her cookie. Here, see, you didn't even have to come in there to get it. I brought it right to you. Third best kitchen helper ever has no idea what's going on. Apparently, she is sleeping on a toy. Alright, let's go find third best kitchen helper ever. And for those of you wondering, no, she doesn't like the instant pot either. There you go, miss ma'am. My little ice princess. Do you need me to break it for you? She's like, no mom. I got this. I just be very dainty with it. Is it delicious? Yeah, don't worry. I won't let anybody take it from you. I know third best kitchen helper ever isn't coming in here because the oven's on so let's go deliver her a green bean. Would you like a greenie beanie? Heck yeah, I want a greenie beanie. All right, I gotta go finish cooking. You can go back to napping, you're adorable. How about you? Peanut butter, wanna lick the front of that spoon? Oh man, that's what's happening in the kitchen, Kira. I'm just letting you know that there's peanut butters in the kitchen. And we got third best kitchen helper over here keeping my spot on the couch warm. I guess we'll go in order even though you're third best kitchen helper ever. You are second. Excuse me ma'am. Here you go. Ready? It's roast beef. Whoa that's what's happening in there. I'm going to turn on the air. Turned out absolutely amazing. I can't wait to finish this video so I can eat another one because these are delicious. Oh look, third best kitchen helper ever. Remember, uh, uh, uh, uh. Not yours. You're here the whole time? Okay, here, I brought you some bread. Third best kitchen helper ever. We found her. She was in here with the lights off, laying on the nice blanket. Okay, let me go find your sister. The best kitchen helper ever is as far away from the kitchen as she can get. There's cheese. When the cheese happens, I'm sure you'll be there. Have some cheese. All right, Kira, you can have some. And Eleanor gets some. Gotta pay that cheese tax. Oh yeah, cheese tax. Hold on, Princess isn't getting up. We have to give to Princess her bread. Oh yeah, look at you with your, it's just bread. Third best kitchen helper comes out of the blue! Oh my goodness! I don't have any cheese for you, I'm sorry and the oven's not on yet, so I know why you're in here. Hi second best kitchen, hi third best kitchen helper ever! Okay, I know technically you should be second because you're second best kitchen helper ever, but I'm so proud of Kira for coming in here with the oven on. Bite it, take the whole thing out. She's like I'm out, I got the whole thing and I'm out, my third best kitchen helper ever. I'm surprised you're on the floor and not on the couch. She's like, yeah, I'm pretty comfy right here. Alright, we're gonna make some food. You've moved to the perch, huh? Would you like a celery? You're a texture dog too. You like it? Crunchy? Yeah, you'll eat it. Nice. Still watching the storm out there? Pretty crazy. Would you like a celery? What do you think of it? You gonna inspect it? Hmm. You're not sure if you like it either, huh? Oh, okay. You just had to bite it into smaller pieces. I get it. Hello, ice princess. Carrot noodle. Yeah, I want a carrot noodle. It's better than celery. Oh, we better check on third best kitchen helper ever. Hello, third best kitchen helper ever. She's like, I'm not coming in there. There's no oven on. There's no nothing. She says, don't care. I'm not coming in there. And third best kitchen helper assumed I was going to turn the oven on and took off and came and hid in here. Oh, you're goofy. Oh, I hear her. She's actually coming. The oven's off. There she is. Third best kitchen helper ever. Coming to lick the beaters and don't worry guys, the beaters are going directly into the dishwasher after this. Don't freak out. And third best kitchen helper ever, nothing's on and you're already hiding. These treats for Kira. That's Kira, you let her have that. Good stuff? That's what we're working with in there. All right, back to the kitchen. Whoa, third best kitchen helper just walks in the kitchen. You heard something, didn't you? Nudo, you back up for Kira. Okay, now we're done. What is this? This is all three best kitchen helpers. Not in the kitchen. Cheers. Holy crunchy. Holy crunchiness. Oh my goodness, you've graced our presence in the kitchen. Good stuff. Good stuff. All right. Oh my goodness. Do you realize you're in the kitchen? So are you. But do you realize you're in the kitchen right now? See? She's not terrified of everything. Technically, Eleanor should be second, but I guess it'll be you. Ready? There you go. Oh, suddenly you're all about whatever's going on. Would you like a crispy rice cereal? What do you think of that? Pretty good stuff. Yeah, that's just plain crispy rice cereal. You don't feel like that? That's pretty good, I would eat more of that. Of course, we got to check in on third best kitchen helper ever, who is also in here looking super festive. Are you peeking? I'm peeking. Would you like a cheese? She's like, yeah, but then I'm out because I hear things frying. And I'm out. See you later, Kara. Third best kitchen helper ever gets a cookie. Third best kitchen helper. Oh, she knows you're cooking. Yeah. She's like, I already know what's going on. I'm going to hide in here until it's done. All right, you hide in here until it's done. You keep her company, okay? Whoa, I wish I would have been filming. You came in here all on your own. She's like, yeah, Mom, cheese treats. Cheese tacks. You know, if you just came in there with us, that's what we have. Okay, stay out here. Whatever makes you happy. See you waiting for the hockey game to come on. Cabbage. Wanna try? Wanna eat it? I'm gonna play with it. Hey, I think she likes the cabbage too. That one's really crunchy. That's some good crunch. Yeah, I think she likes that too. Hello, princess. Carrot, got that good crunch? Good job, good job. Third best kitchen helper ever. Oh yeah, how's that? See, I told you we'd give you something. Look at those faces. In here with your beautiful little crossy paws. Apple noodle. No more crossy paws? Would you like an apple? That's a good crunch. Look at. Kira figured out there is apples. It only took apple noodles, apple noodles, apple pieces for her to go, whoa, wait. There is. Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm here in the dark watching the sunset, spinach. It's spinach, you like spinach. Like, oh yeah, I guess I'll eat that. That's what we're doing in there. Nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble. What is this? Third best kitchen helper ever has come into the kitchen with the oven on. You know why? Because we has apple noodles. I know you're waiting, but I think Kira should be first. That's what I think. Apple noodles, apple noodle. Third best kitchen helper ever is in here first. Look at you, pumpkin. You got it on your nose. Are you gonna hang out in here with us? Okay, see you later. Bye. I'm back to you. What I really thought was the craziest thing was the the last cooking video we did on this channel. Kira was starting to act different. We knew something was wrong. We thought it was her back, you know, just the back pain. But the last cooking video we did, she actually came in here and laid down. And I thought it was the sweetest, yet also strangest thing she had done in a while. But she laid down here. Almost that entire video, and I almost made the joke about promoting her to first best kitchen helper ever. So if I could rewind time, I would promote her for that day. Eleanor comes in here. I'm not cooking anything, so she's not staying in here. But Eleanor comes in and out of here. Memphis always leads there. What do you think, myself? Yeah, this is absolutely crazy. I miss her too. So basically, this is just a video letting you guys know that she's gone. Eleanor is officially the best kitchen helper ever. I still don't think she's ready for that title. If you guys want to see more, if you want to see like the last few days of Kira, that's over on the vlog channel. We did a really, really, really fun Halloween video on Gone to the Snow Dogs after Kira passed. Dan was here who edits these videos and does all this other work. He's the Snow Dogs producer. Um He was here and he put on an inflatable Halloween costume that we had actually bought before Kira passed away because we thought she wasn't going to be able to make the video because she was having the back issues. It was a whole story. Sorry. Anyway. Um, you should go watch it. If you're looking for something fun and happy and seeing Eleanor having a good time, it was, it was a good time. We're trying to find some happy in the sads. Trying to find some light in the dark. Um, this channel will continue. It's only one video a week. I can, I can do this, right? I can do this. Leave suggestions down below for what you guys want to see for maybe some thanksgiving themed stuff because it is November and I had some things. Leave some suggestions. I've now told this story so many times it just Doesn't even feel real. I love you guys and I'm sorry that you have to go through all this with us. Also thank you for loving our dogs just as much as we do. Except for those of you that say dogs don't belong in the kitchen. You guys are wrong. You don't know what you're talking about. My dog belongs right here because who else is gonna pick up all the stuff that I drop while I'm cooking. I love you guys. We miss you Kira. Thanks for watching. Thanks for subscribing. Stay positive. Dream big and we will see you again soon. I almost made it through this whole one without this.