Share Your Heart Dog's Story
Your dog's story matters —
and we want to
hear it.
The K9 Hearts community is listening — and no story is too small to be held.
What is a heart dog?
The once-in-a-lifetime dog.
A heart dog is the one who changed you — whose absence leaves a space nothing else fills. Tell us about yours: their name, their quirks, what losing them has been like.
Paige reads every story personally, and with your permission, selected stories are shared with the community so no grieving dog owner feels alone.
Tell us about your heart dog
Their story, in your words.
There's no minimum length and no wrong way to tell it.
Paige reads every story herself. Nothing is published without your permission.
Read heart dog stories
The dogs who changed us.
Jade
2004 – 2015
She knew me before I knew myself. Eleven years of yellow fur on every coat I owned.
Bella
2008 – 2021
Thirteen years of quiet loyalty. She waited by the door for a car that came home late every night.
Charlie
2019 – 2022
Three years that rewrote everything I thought I knew about loving something.
Read more heart dog stories →
Frequently Asked Questions
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Fill out the form on this page — your name, your dog's name, your email, and their story. Share as much or as little as you want. Check the permission box if you'd like your story shared with the community, and hit submit.
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Paige reads it personally. Selected stories are shared with the community exactly as you wrote them — always with your explicit permission. Stories submitted without permission are held privately and never published.
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The story of the once-in-a-lifetime dog — the one whose presence changed you and whose memory you aren't ready to let go of quietly. These aren't just pet loss stories. They're love stories.
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Only with your explicit permission. The form includes a checkbox where you choose whether K9 Hearts may share your story, and how you'd like to be credited. If you don't check it, your story is held privately. K9 Hearts will never share your story, your dog's name, or any identifying information without your consent.
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No. K9 Hearts welcomes stories from anyone who has loved a dog deeply — whether your dog is still here, whether you're in anticipatory grief, or whether your loss happened years ago. There's no timeline on love, and no deadline on your dog's story deserving to be told.
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Right now K9 Hearts invites dog owners to share their own stories in their own words — because no one knows your dog the way you do. An expanded story-sharing experience is coming. For now, share what you have. Your words are exactly enough.
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Yes — and many families do both. The story captures who they were in words; the EOP Legacy Portrait captures who they were in image. Together they create something permanent.