A Special Goodbye
Posted by Lisa Y under In the Community on
While many DQ customers have stories about how their entire family loves the brand, some even have stories about how much their dogs love our soft serve! One customer wrote to the corporate offices about their 13-year-old dog named George. He loved ice cream with a passion, and they often took him to their local Dairy Queen store to get him some soft serve in a cup as a treat.
However, George was getting up in age, and when there was nothing more this woman and her husband could do for their beloved family dog to extend his life, they were devastated. They took him outside the veterinary hospital for a few minutes to say their goodbyes, and the husband ran down the street to a DQ restaurant to get George a final treat.
The DQ employee explained that it was too early for the soft-serve machine to be ready, but said she had some Dilly Bars that hadn’t yet been dipped in chocolate. The employee gave the man one and wouldn’t take any money for it.
The letter went on to say how George savored every minute of that last treat, and how much the woman and her husband appreciated their final minutes with him. They really appreciated the DQ employee’s actions. Even during a difficult time, this experience created a lasting positive impression for this family.
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That is so wonderful of them to do that for the family. This story makes me cry knowing that there are still passionate people out there.
Whoa… I think I’m gonna cry.
my allie loves DQ, every sunday after our 2 mile run!
Sounds like george had a great life and lots of DQ too! Bless
the store for one last treat!
Dog would’ve lived another coupla years if they hadn’t been feeding it all that ice cream….
Dogs are not supposed to eat human food, people.
Duhhhh.
That was such a heart breaking story, but so glad we still have people passionate enough to do this for free.
You made my day!
What a wonderful story. I love both dogs and the DQ. You have a good employee in that young lady.
We need more people like that!! We should appreciate all of our animals and the people that work at DQ!! That was so generous of DQ to do that for the family!!! Keep up the EXCELLENT WORK that you all do!!!
On behalf of that precious dog, thank you DQ for such kindness and compassion.
That made me cry, too. I’ve had to put a dog down before and know how hard it is. That is a great way to say good-bye. Thanks for sharing your story.
we just recently had to put our 4 y/o GS down and this story just touches my heart. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story. Even our favorite 4 legged friends love DQ!