Last month, my dog Nopey passed away after 16 amazing years of friendship. It's a loss that I know I won't ever fully heal from, but each day, the pain lessens, even just a tiny bit. The worst part is the lack of his presence in the house. and while I might want to adopt another dog one day, it's way too soon. So shortly after Nopey passed, and I had him cremated, I found this website that makes memorial plush toys of your dog. I'm admittedly a plushie fanatic, and something about having a stuffed toy that looked like my dog sounded like the best way to appreciate his impact on my life now that he's gone.
So I ordered from the website, called Cuddle Clones, who promised an identical lookalike scaled-down version of him. My biggest worry was that he wouldn't look quite right, or would look nothing more than like a Toys R Us min pin generic plush.
But I just got it in the mail today...and when I opened the box, it made me cry.
In a good way.
They made a really strikingly similar plushie of Nopey, down to identical leg markings and splotches of orange fur. It's even poseable. I'm so happy it came out as nice as it did. I also kind of wanted to share it with everyone here, after the huge amount of caring comments and well-wishes from the previous blog.
So I ordered from the website, called Cuddle Clones, who promised an identical lookalike scaled-down version of him. My biggest worry was that he wouldn't look quite right, or would look nothing more than like a Toys R Us min pin generic plush.
But I just got it in the mail today...and when I opened the box, it made me cry.
In a good way.
They made a really strikingly similar plushie of Nopey, down to identical leg markings and splotches of orange fur. It's even poseable. I'm so happy it came out as nice as it did. I also kind of wanted to share it with everyone here, after the huge amount of caring comments and well-wishes from the previous blog.
