Already the mother and father of three youngsters and one canine, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are contemplating including one other member to their household.
On the Monday, July 21, episode of Dwell With Kelly and Mark, Ripa introduced up how New York Metropolis animal shelters just lately suspended animal consumption as a result of overcrowding. “They’ve reached a breaking level. There’s at the moment over 800 pets obtainable on the [Animal Care Centers of NYC’s] web site,” she stated earlier than dropping her papers and turning to provide her husband a longing look.
Town’s unlucky state of affairs may work to their profit, as Ripa went on to clarify, “We’ve been speaking about getting a pal for [our dog] Lena as a result of she enjoys our firm, however she desires to see different individuals.”
Consuelos joked, “She does. She’s becoming bored of us,” to which Ripa added, “She’s getting just a little bored. Each time she appears at us, she yawns.”
Ripa later famous that she was impressed to ask the viral social media canine groomer Logan Rago onto the present that day after Consuelos began DMing her a number of movies of cute Shih Tzu canines. Rago appeared on Monday’s episode of Dwell With Kelly and Mark to point out off the outcomes of his makeovers for Lena and govt producer Michael Gelman‘s canine, Billie.
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“Was she a great woman?” Ripa requested the social media star about his expertise with Lena. He replied, “She’s every little thing. She’s such an angel. You may inform she’s very well-loved.”
Ripa and Consuelos welcomed Lena into their household again in 2021 after she was featured in a pet-themed section on the present. “My complete worry was that I didn’t need [our other dog] Chewie to really feel changed in any approach,” Ripa stated on the sequence on the time. “So, we at all times guarantee that we give Chewie the primary consideration.”
The couple — who share youngsters Michael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 22 — mourned the dying of their elder canine, Chewie, earlier this 12 months. On the February 5 episode of their daytime speak present, Consuelos shared that Chewie acquired an at-home euthanasia after affected by a number of well being points.
“You suppose it’s, ‘Okay, I’m doing the precise factor. That is going to be, not straightforward, but it surely’s gonna be —’ It’s most likely one of many hardest issues that we’ve needed to do as a married couple,” Consuelos said on-air.
Later that month, Ripa paid tribute to their late pet in an emotional Instagram submit. “I’ve been avoiding posting this as a result of it by some means makes it actual, and I’m not fairly able to let go. It’s been extraordinarily painful to lose our beloved Chewie,” she wrote alongside a montage of clips and pics of Chewie from over time. “We ache for her each single day. We nonetheless search for her and name to her and albeit really feel misplaced. We’re so grateful for the just about 18 years we had with this particular girl.”
Calling Chewie “our stoic fixed companion,” Ripa continued, “We all know she is operating free now someplace heat and sunny, unburdened by her failing physique. We have been the luckiest household to have liked and been liked by Chewie. Thanks to The North Shore Animal League for blessing us with our fabulous woman. Lastly, thanks to everybody for the gorgeous messages from all of you who knew or felt such as you knew Chewie. Our hearts could also be damaged, however are stuffed with the recollections of pleasure Chewie gave us.”
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