Zola “bear” Mathieu

2011 - 2021

You've changed our family forever and left paw prints on our hearts. We've learned lessons of kindness, love and patience from your gentle and unselfish ways. If love could have kept you here, you would have lived forever.

You will always be in our hearts Zobear and you will most certainly never be forgotten.

We love you!

Zola “Bear” Mathieu 2011-2021

Where do I even begin? How do I find the strength to move on without you? I’m at a complete loss of words.

We saw that you weren’t happy anymore, that you stopped loving life and that you lost that sparkle in your eyes. We needed to do right by you and put our own needs aside. The final act of kindness we could give you was to end your pain and suffering. This way we can keep your last memories filled with love, comfort and little pain.

I still have doubts in my mind and either way I’m still going to have regrets. You have given us so much love, joy and pleasure these last nine years. This is definitely a hard pill to swallow, to process, to accept and one of toughest decisions I’ve ever had to make.

We couldn’t have asked for a better dog to join our family and that’s what you are, a member of our family. We will keep your memories alive by sharing stories, remembering, appreciating how much love you have given us and how much we loved you. It’s going to take a long time for us to get over this but we will and we will be ok. You will forever be our one and only, the one and only dog we had the chance and the privilege of loving for nearly a decade.

You were and always will be an amazing girl Zola and we couldn’t have asked for a better dog. It’s now time for you to run free without any pain or discomfort. Rest easy and run free my girl, cross that rainbow bridge. You will forever be in our hearts.