Saying Goodbye to Kona and Making Changes in 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The following podcast is a Dear Media production. This is Let's Be Honest with Kristen Cavallari, a podcast all about getting real and open on everything from sex, relationships, reality TV, wellness, family, and so much more. And just a fair warning, there will probably be some oversharing. Happy New Year! I don't know if you can still say that, but I think because this is the first podcast I've recorded in the new year, it does feel appropriate. It feels right. So Happy New Year, everybody. I think you can definitely get away with saying Happy New Year for at least the first couple weeks, and then it gets kind of weird, but... You're getting one from me. So happy new year. I hope everyone is off to a really great start.
I already feel this energy of it being the year of the horse. And I know that the year of the horse does not start until the middle of February. However, I just feel this new energy and this momentum. And I just feel like things are moving. They are moving already. And it makes me so happy because I feel like things were kind of stagnant for the last few months. And 2025 was the year of the snake. I'm sure you guys have been seeing this all over Instagram and everything else. But... In a nutshell, it was saying that Year of the Snake was all about shedding and releasing. And now Year of the Horse, how it's supposed to impact everybody is this forward momentum. It's a new beginning.
How does Kristin open the episode and set the New Year tone?
It's like things are start to get moving now. The ball's going to get rolling. And I really do honestly feel that. So I'm excited for the year. Unfortunately, I have really sad news that I'm going to kick this off with. I had to put my German Shepherd Kona down yesterday. And God, it is so hard, the physical act of putting a dog down. It's the second time I've had to do it. I did it with my Yorkie a few years ago. But even if you have made peace with it, and like, you know, Kona was just old. She was almost 12 for a German Shepherd. That's great. Germans are usually 9 to 12 years is their range. And so she lived a great life. Like Kona was... Up until the last few months, she was going on walks with us still.
And I mean, she was kind of losing her eyesight and her hearing, but she still, she was hanging. And then, I don't know, in the last like five, six months, she just really took a downhill turn. And Sailor and I brought her to the vet over the Christmas break. And he basically was just like, listen, you know, she's at that point. Like she's just, she's old. And she was sort of like hanging her head really low. And, you know, what the vet was saying to me was basically, all dogs, but especially these specific breeds, like a German Shepherd, who they're really prideful, you know? And when they get to this point, like she was holding her head down and he was like, she doesn't like that. Like she has shame because of it because she's just not herself anymore.
And... She was having some issues with her body. And it just was at the point where it was like, it's just time. So even though, you know, we had a week to say goodbye to her and we fed her all the things we're not supposed to, you know, chocolate and peanut butter. We gave her steak the night before. And she just really... We did it, you know, we did it the right way. And I'm really happy we were able to say goodbye to her that way. But I took her in and... If you guys haven't experienced this before, it's intense. So what happens is I brought her in and they gave us a room and they had a blanket on the floor and they inject her with some sort of medicine that makes her really drowsy and... like really her body heavy so she eventually laid down and it's it's you know relatively slow but so she laid down and you know then you know she was like she couldn't really move her body and then her head got really heavy and I was laying there with her and I was petting her and
I'm going to try really hard not to cry. God, that was the hard part. There was like this 10-minute window where I was in there with her and her body was just getting really heavy and tired.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:36
2
How does Kristin open the episode and set the New Year tone?
1:36–7:44
3
What happened with Kona and why did Kristin decide it was time?
7:44–15:39
4
What was Kristin’s experience of saying goodbye to Kona at the vet?
15:39–21:43
5
Why did Kristin get Kona and how did Kona protect their family?
21:43–41:28
Speakers
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