Chris O’Dowd and his wife Dawn Porter have shared some sweet tributes for their beloved dog Potato that has sadly passed away.
Announcing the news on Twitter Christ wrote, “Our gorgeous old boy passed on last week. Broken heart ‘Potato’ aka ‘Spuddy’ aka ‘The Memory foam dog’ never met a lap he didn’t love.
“He made us better people and we were lucky to know him so long. Sent some love to @MADRADogRescue in his name, because rescues are fuckin magic. Dog face.”
Our gorgeous old boy passed on last week. 💔 ‘Potato’ aka ‘Spuddy’ aka ‘The Memory foam dog’ never met a lap he didn’t love. He made us better people and we were lucky to know him so long. Sent some love to @MADRADogRescue in his name, because rescues are fuckin magic. 🐶 pic.twitter.com/X0JOJmf9C2
— chris o’dowd (@BigBoyler) February 6, 2022
Dawn Porter also shared a heartfelt post to Instagram, after Potato’s passing.
Alongside a picture of herself cuddling the cute pet, she wrote, “It’s hard to find the words to describe the past 13 days. Shock, despair, grief, all come to mind. But so do gratefulness and love. So much love.
“Potato meant the world to Chris and I. We dedicated 12 years of our lives to his happiness, and he did the same for us. He needed a lot, and we gave him everything and more. We took him everywhere as much as we could, but along the way so many people helped us care for him if we needed to travel, spend a night away or sometimes just pop to the shops.
“They all fell deeply in love with him. We’ve felt so much of that love over the past week or so. It’s come from all over the world. He needed people in the most beautiful way. It was one of the great joys of my life to be his mum. What an honour to have spent 12 years in the presence of such unrelenting sweetness.
“He made us the parents that we are. He welded us together as a couple and then as a family. What we are left with alongside our sadness is an overwhelming feeling of luck that he was ours at all. He was by our side through so many important moments. The ring bearer at our wedding, right there as I gave birth.
“‘The Potato Years’ will always be some of our most precious. He saw us through so much change. I’ll miss you forever Potato/Spuddy/Sporaticus, the son of Potaticus/ The Spudbox Millionaire/Glenn/Scmuppy/My Baby. ‘Sometime many years ago – January 24th, 2022’. A unicorn with an invisible horn. So soft. The VERY best boy.”
Friends of the couple sent their love in the comments, with Laura Whitmore saying, “Ah no Potato, what a fabulous life you gave him x”, “The very very best dog, And so loved. Everyone will miss you so much Potato xxxx.”