Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco with their dog Blue.Photo: Tom Pelphrey/Instagram
Both she and her partner, 41, shared heartfelt tributes to their dog Blue on social media on Wednesday.
“💙BLUE💙 I have cried harder over the loss of this gorgeous creature than I have in a long time,” theBased on a True Storyactress, 38, began in anInstagrampost, sharing several photos of the canine.
“We have had to put down three dogs in the last year and this one has made me reflect,” Cuoco continued.
She added that she was crying for Pelphrey because “the relationship he had with Blue was so special,” adding, “they were quite the duo.”
In her lengthy post, theBig Bang Theoryalum recalled how they traveled across the country with Blue before they “settled as a family” in California. She also admitted that when she first got Blue, their first year with him “was rough to say the least.”
“He didn’t love me the way he loved Tom. I had never experienced this before,” theFlight Attendanttalent wrote.
“Tom was his, and he didn’t want to share,” she added of their special bond.
Cuoco explained that as time passed, Blue eventually came around and realized they were a family unit, explaining that he was “protective of me and the rest of our pup crew, always on guard.”
Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco wearing a photo of Blue on their Christmas sweaters.Kaley Cuoco/Instagram
Kaley Cuoco/Instagram
“I felt so safe home alone with him and when anyone came to the door I would put Blue on the leash and have him sit right next to me. No one dared mess with us!” Cuoco quipped.
Pelphrey shared his sentiments as well.
He shared with his followers that Blue came into his life on Christmas Eve 2018 after being “at a rescue for over a year.” The canine had been in and out of foster homes after being deemed “too aggressive.”
“I wasn’t sure if I would be able to have people to my apartment ever again- I didn’t care,” Pelphrey said of his decision to keep Blue.
TheOzarkalum said he wondered if, with all of the traveling the two did together, Blue ever knew they had an actual home.
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“We were constantly on to a new job and a new city. The only constant was that we were always together. ALWAYS. He was my home. And I was his.”
“I’m heartbroken. I’m full of gratitude to God for every second with one of His angels. 💙🙏💙🙏💙🙏💙,” he concluded his sweet tribute to Blue.
source: people.com
