12/17/2025
Fenek means rabbit in the Maltese language. Fenek was our mascot, the puppy who started it all. Marisa’s heart, her first baby, her best friend who was always down for adventures and dealt with her shenanigans! Sometimes you just can’t put into words the love you have for your baby. He was family. My first grand pup and LOVED beyond measure. He was almost perfect besides when he’d sn**ch a sandwich out of your hand mid bite 🤣
I truly believe that dogs are angels in disguies, sent on loan from heaven. Sometimes they come to teach us things, but they ALWAYS bring comfort. Fenek unfortunately went back to heaven today.
I can’t wait to walk through those gates one day and be tackled by the biggest dog pile.
Please keep Marisa in your prayers as she grieves her loss.
Some words from Ris that truly described Fenek and the bond they had,
“I don’t even know how to put this into words, but the most beautiful, sweet, quirky, gentle, loud, smelly, best dog in the whole world left my life today. He was my first dog, my heart and soul. The life force that kept me grounded more than a few times.
It’s difficult to process that my boy is gone. That I won’t get woken up by his stinky farts, or get to see him run outside to eat the rain drops. He won’t bark at Vixey when she pi**es him off or incessantly lick my bed or the floor. I wont hear him bark at the madisonville bridge or the branches hanging by the driveway. He wont be able to lunge after the waves that hit the lakefront steps. I won’t have to tell him to show me what he wants and he wont go to the door or show me he’s hungry. I think the biggest heartbreak is seeing his hair everywhere without him.
This was the most tragic turn of events that I deep down knew would happen, I just kept having that hope that he would get better and to stop letting my anxiety swirl these fantasies in my brain.
He was never just a dog, he went through so many things with me in my life. I never thought he would leave me so early, I truly thought he would be the one to live forever. He was so healthy before this.
We sent him to LSU to get a necropsy. I want to know what stole my baby from me.
I might be on autopilot for a while so please don’t hesitate to message more than once if you truly need me.
I love you so much my sweet Fenek, please let Susitna know how much i love and miss her too.”
