The Bond Between Hospice Program

12/09/2025

Celebrating Holiday moments captured continues with our short and sweet hospice graduate Geordie. He came to the rescue office a few months ago with his furriends. Geordie had quite a year and after the loss of his bonded best friend Baxter this past summer, he found comfort in the senior resident. Resident dogs play a huge part in our fospice experience and like us experience the grief of a passing. We were owner the moon happy when Geordie became a Hospice graduate and foster fail for he is certainly made it clear he was apart of the pack. Geordie is still active in our playdates and visits so it is an honor to capture his sweet Happy Furever Holiday Family.

12/08/2025

Holiday cheer continues with photos we captured a few months ago. Our sweet hospice boy Alf , came into rescue in June. He has grown quite a bit from his intake photos and we loved capturing some new festive photos and give a sweet update from his amazing forever fospice family.

A Little update on Alf, our hospice kitty. You’d never guess he’s in hospice care based on his spirit, he’s playful, affectionate, and full of life. His favorite thing in the world is playing with our blue heeler, Pepper. The two of them are inseparable and have become the best of friends.

When he’s not chasing after Pepper or batting at toys, Alf loves to snuggle up for naps and soak up all the attention he can get. He’s truly such a joy to have around and a wonderful reminder of how much love and happiness our hospice animals can bring.

Please read about all of our current hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice and the loving members who had lived their last chapter surrounded by love.

12/04/2025

Holidays can be especially hard for many as they face traditions when a loved one is no longer with them. How each person navigates grief and honoring a loved one is such a personal journey.

As we continue to share our Hospice holiday photos, we were honored to witness a beautiful and personal decision one fospice mom requested. 4 days shy of these photos, she helped her sweet hospice boy Cole pass and was still processing the sudden loss. The whole pack was still grieving his absence. But on that beautiful Sunday, they all came to the rescue office and kept one such hospice boy a part of the tradition in their own way. Cole almost made it. He was with his amazing fospice family for 2+ years and knew love to the very end.

We treasure the pictures captured of hospice girl Betty along with her resident sweet furriends Preston and Noodle as they accepted the wardrobe changes and treats. We thank Traci for allowing us to share a tiny party of her grief journey and celebrating Coles life by having his collar and paw print apart of the holiday photos.

12/03/2025

Cold Noses, Warm Hearts

We continue to share our Holiday Photos we captured a few months ago. Sebastian and Napoleon have had quite a year. They lost their beloved furriends Harold and Sasha this year and gained a tiny resident furriend that helps remind their forever fospice mom that sometimes you need some young energy to even out the heavy weight of loving so many hospice. They are not amused by the recent cold temperatures but they sure have alot of love to keep them warm in their forever fospice home.

Please read about all of our current hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice and the loving members who had lived their last chapter surrounded by love.

12/02/2025

Bark the Halls - Love and tail wags from Sammie.
We continue to share the sweet Holiday Hospice photos we captured a few months ago. And this next girl, a long time member Sammie is always all smiles whenever she comes to the rescue office or her many vetting appointments at our Bond Between Vetting Center. Through all the medical ups and downs, we are thankful for the amazing care she receives with her forever fospice mom.

Please follow along with all of our current hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice and the loving members who had lived their last chapter surrounded by love through the hospice program.

# Sammieallsmiles

12/01/2025

Tis the Season as we continue to share our Holiday Photos we captured a few months ago. Our sweet hospice girl Lynx, who moved to the hospice program in July is finding comfort in her forever fospice home. She has been putting on weight and feeling so much love.

Please read about all of our current hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice and the loving members who had lived their last chapter surrounded by love.

11/29/2025

With the snow falling today, we begin to share our Holiday Photos we captured a few months ago. Moments captured are treasured for so many reasons.

Lily is one of our long time hospice members that came from KY. Her daily comfort is becoming more difficult as her large mass continues to grow but her loving fospice mom and our vetting team continues her close monitoring and comfort. She is certainly on the girls list and forever loved.

Please read about all of our current hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice and all we remember who have lived their last chapter surrounded by love.

11/29/2025

11/27/2025

” When I go, don’t learn to live without me, just learn to live with my love, in a different way. And if you need to see me, close your eyes, or look in your shadow, when the sun shines, I’m there. Sit with me in the quiet and you will know, that I did not leave. There is no leaving when a soul is blended with another. When I go, don’t learn to live without me, just learn to look for me in the moments. I will be there.”
Donna Ashworth

With loving hearts we share the peaceful passing of Tina. We honor her long lived life and cherish moments captured of her last chapter in her forever hospice home. Tina came to rescue along with her lifelong furriend Duncan in 2024 after their owner passed. They both had their entire worlds turned upside down and thankfully were welcomed with open arms together by a fospice family who had experience with broken hearts. With the help of their resident dogs, Tina and Duncan were able to decompress, follow a good routine and find their favorite places in the house. As time went by their medical needs changed and with the guidance of our vetting center, the family helped advocate recognizing Duncan was showing he preferred to be an only. He moved to an amazing fospice where he was the one and only. Tina did need companionship. We are so grateful her lasat months as her world got more fuzzing both in vision and in her mind, the familiar comforts she had quickly grown to know were still there. Sunshine, LOTS of CUDDLES and endless love.

Please keep her dedicated hospice family in your thoughts for they ensured in the end, she felt peace by providing her the most loving passing in what she knew was her home with the help of MNPets. Thank you for giving her an amazing last chapter with dignity and love.

11/25/2025

Sometimes you find your happy forever when we least expect it. It is with loving hearts that we share the passing of out tiny 10 pound gentleman Duncan this past week. He came to hospice with his furriend Tina back in 2024 after his owner passed away. Their transformation was beautiful to see not just for their physical change with a bath and shaving but also the confidence they both felt once settled into a loving home and good routines. He had a list of old man medical concerns but found comfort this past summer being someone's one and only. We are so thankful for the many temp fosters and his forever mom as they helped him feel so very special. We hold them all in our hearts for his absence is certainly felt and his life is honored in his fospice moms tribute as is the many sweet pictures she shared with us.

Saying goodbye to Duncan, my little living teddy bear...
For every day of his 19 years, he had a s***k and spark that fooled everyone into thinking he was years younger. He was the ultimate companion - happy to go for a walk, happier to nap, and happiest just knowing I was nearby.

Knowing him for several months feels like he was mine for so much longer - we became very attached to each other in the best way! Thank you, Duncan, for trusting me to be your safe space. You were the best buddy I could have asked for.
And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who cared for him along his journey, helped bring him to me, and supported me during my time with him (you know who you are ).

11/23/2025

Because you love, you will experience grief......Our hospice foster families know the grief may be soon and continue to say YES to fostering know this. They choose to focus on daily comfort and love they can provide, not on the grief to come.
And with loving hearts we share the recent passing of our sweet Bentley. His rescue story started in 2024 as he was an owner surrender to MACC. The large concerning mass on his back put his medical care in question so we said YES to him coming to our Hospice program thanks to the support of the Bucks for Babes Fundraiser in 2024. He spent the last 1 ½ year filled with comfort, lots of adventures and loving support at his forever hospice home. His care plan was ever evolving and navigated by The Bond Between Vetting Center team and his dedicated foster dad. He gained so much confidence and daily comfort from his best canine friend Sally who was by his side constantly. He was a frequent guest at the Hospice Playdates, loved to go to the dog parks and cheer on some local baseball games. Through many medical issues, he always looked to confirmation and support to his forever dad and furfriend Sally. Lets not forget those resident animals that help provide a support and bond that can be so pure.

A few words from his loving fospice dad about Bentley:

This morning I took Bentley to The Bond Between Vet Center to help him cross the rainbow bridge and end his pain and suffering. He fought both the dementia and the stroke to the end, compliant but trying to stand through the entire process until the very end.

When I took Bentley in as a Hospice Foster dog, I didn’t know how long or short my time with him would be, and even though he was only with me for almost a year and a half, I can’t believe how full he made my heart.

Please keep everyone that was touched by Bentley in your thoughts. We thank our fospice families and vetting center staff for the care and comfortable moments all our members feel. It is never easy to say goodbye but when they are surrounded by love, peace and comfort, it allows everyone the chance to say goodbye in their own way, which is priceless. Bentley knew he was loved and will forever be missed.

11/21/2025

Please welcome our newest Hospice member Zarah. We will be working with our The Bond Between Veterinary Center team to provide her comfort and care for her remaining days. We do not know how long that will be but her foster gave a loving update in she settled right into the warm heated blanket that was layed out for her. Please follow along with Zarah and our other hospice members here https://www.thebondbetween.org/hospice