Over the weekend, Halsey shared that she was mourning the sudden death of her dog, Jagger. The artist shared an emotional post on Instagram detailing her sadness.
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The “I am not a woman, I’m a god” artist shared a series of sweet photos with Jagger that documented his life from puppy to adulthood, specifically capturing a tender moment where Halsey’s first child, Ender Ridley Aydin, posed with the family dog. The artist wrote an in-depth caption about losing her dog, describing it as the “worst week of my life.”
“Before I had a dog of my own, I would hear people mourn their pets and think ‘it’s just a dog…’ well I couldn’t have been more wrong,” said Halsey. “I got Jagger when he was just a few weeks old. I sometimes thought about him passing. How would it feel? Well he’d be old and rickety and grumpy by then. We’d spend the last few years giving him extra ice cream and lazy sunbathing days that he loved when he was too old to run in circles. I knew it would hurt and I feared it immensely, but I was at peace that we’d have many more years together and he’d have a long good life.”
However, unfortunately, Jagger’s life did not go as the 27-year-old had hoped for.
“Jagger was 5 years old and yesterday we lost him to a progressive condition called Myelomalacia,” explained the artist. “It is sudden and uncommon and unfair with a catastrophic prognosis. Within 3 days my beautiful baby boy went from chasing imaginary birds around the yard and laying in my lap turning his ears up at the sounds of Sesame Street, to having paralysis spread through his body by the hour.”
Jagger’s death was “sudden and shocking” noted Halsey, as she is still processing the situation.
“I don’t know why I’m sharing all this besides to just say love your pets every single second because anything can change in a moment.
My very first love, who taught me how to be a mommy. My sweet, sarcastic, so very human boy. Every single person who had the privilege of meeting jagger will never forget him. He was that special.”
Sharing advice for future pet owners the artist noted, “If you’re reading this and you don’t have a pet, you might be thinking ‘it’s just a dog.’ Like I maybe used to. But I can tell you you’re wrong. So f***ng wrong.”
She continued, “It’s the most visceral loss I have ever felt. Like the absence of a vital appendage. Every single second of my day that once revolved around his little habits and routines is now full of just emptiness and silence. If you loved Jagger along with me, thank you for giving him the best life the bestest boy could have ever had.”
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