Teddi Mellencamp‘s beloved dog Khaleesi was injured while at a pet care facility earlier this month and suddenly passed away.
The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 38, recalled the details in an emotional episode of the “Teddi Tea Pod with Teddi Mellencamp” podcast, revealing that Khaleesi’s death happened while she was at her stepdaughter Bella’s birthday party in Orange County.
“We were thinking, ‘What’s the best thing for the dog? Probably not to ride in the car with us, you know, an hour and a half in traffic, [so we tried] to figure out what to do with her during the party,’” she said, noting that they decided Khaleesi “could have a fun playdate” at a dog daycare center.
“The kids and I pack her up, drop her off,” she described. “We see the people there, we see the other little doggies. They’re not locked up in crates. It’s safe. You know, we think everything’s great.”
But things went south when she got a “hysterical phone call” from the facility owner shortly after.
“I can’t even make out what she’s saying, but I know it’s her phone number,” Mellencamp said. “I can hear that she’s saying, ‘I’m at the vet.’ So I say, ‘Can you please put the vet on?’ I talk to the vet, and they say that Khaleesi’s not breathing, she’s going to need to go on life support, and they don’t know what happened to her. So many things happen when you’re in that moment. The first thing is, holy crap, we’re walking into my stepdaughter’s birthday party, and I’m about to have to fake this right now. Number two: Is your dog going to make it? Number three was, this is all my fault. I should have never dropped her off at this place. I should have figured something else out. Number four: What am I going to tell my kids?”
She put on a brave face for the birthday party while they awaited results.
“Long story short, what they think happened is she either had a brain or spinal injury from a fall, and she passed away,” Mellencamp revealed.
The family is still grieving their loss.
“RIP to our loving, silly and adorable doggy Khaleesi,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of her family and Khaleesi at the time. “Our hearts are broken as we have had to say goodbye to you way too soon.”
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