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Noodle, the geriatric pug who shot to societal media stardom for his beloved "bones oregon nary bones" ritual, has died astatine the property of 14, according to his owner, Jonathan Graziano.
In a tearful update posted to his TikTok and Instagram connected Dec. 3, Jonathan shared that the pup passed distant the time before, calling the loss "incredibly difficult."
"It's a time that I ever knew was coming but ne'er thought would arrive," he said successful the video. "Although this is precise sad, I wanted to fto you cognize and I wanted to promote you to observe him portion we're navigating this sadness."
Jonathan shared that Noodle—who helium adopted seven years ago—died astatine location successful his owner's arms. Despite the heartbreak, Jonathan thanked their fans for their emotion and support, noting that the pug "made millions of radical happy."
"He lived 14 and a fractional years, which is astir arsenic agelong arsenic you tin anticipation a canine can," helium said. "What a run. Thank you for loving him, convey you for embracing us."
In the clip's caption, Jonathan said it has "been the privilege of my beingness to attraction for Noodle these past 7 years," and called his dog, "the sweetest antheral determination has ever been and volition ever be."
In 2021, the canine person began posting viral videos of his pug's temper each greeting to TikTok. In the clips, Jonathan would beryllium Noodle upright to spot if the pug could basal connected his own. If helium could, it was considered a "bones day," which became an net codification for a time to get retired of furniture and marque the astir of your day. However, if Noodle flopped backmost over, it was a "no bones day"—a motion that it's champion to instrumentality it casual and walk the time being benignant to yourself.
"A bones time is simply a time wherever you conscionable person to spell aft your ambition oregon a task you were outing off," Jonathan explained during an quality connected TODAY in 2021. "A nary bones time is simply a time erstwhile you conscionable support to deterioration brushed clothes, self-care, instrumentality a bath."
Over four cardinal followers tuned successful to spot whether Noodle had "bones oregon nary bones" for the day. In June, Jonathan released the children's representation book Bones oregon No Bones, which instantly became a no. 1 New York Times bestseller.
"Noodle has brought joyousness to truthful galore radical online. I can't judge it," Jonathan shared with TODAY. "This ‘no bones' video is thing that I would conscionable bash arsenic a silly small ritual for america successful the greeting to cheque successful and spot however helium was doing. And past it took off. People starting utilizing it arsenic a forecast for however their time was going to spell and I leaned into it."
The author added, "We each request a small positivity close now."
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