Hi, My name is Laura and I am starting this gofundme campaign to help Travis pay for the vet bills for Juniper, his beloved dog that passed away on April 9, 2022,  Juni was a Husky found roaming the remote California High Desert around Juniper Hills. She needed a home and he, a best friend.  We all loved Juni, she was my dog, Roxie's, best friend, and we want to do all that we can to help Travis through this time. 

Below is a tribute that Travis wrote on Instagram just after Juni passed on April 9, 2022.   

 

Instagram@juniperberriesgrant: I have been trying to figure out what to write about Juniper. It’s tough. How do you condense a loved one’s life into an Instagram post? I started by making a list of things I know are absolutely true. She loved walks, laying down on the cool kitchen tiles, using her husky sass to argue with me, rolling around the grass. She liked going on adventures and sleeping on my bed. She never liked to sleep with me, she just wanted to keep my bed warm and bark at me to go to bed if I continued to watch tv, read, or finish homework.

 

There is so much, but it is just so hard to put on paper what made her special. Like the sense of warmth she gave off even when she just met someone for the first time. Sometimes, it annoyed me, as I would be trying to figure out ways to get out of these long awkward conversations with a stranger I just met.

 

These things are so small compared to what she meant to me. Even if I could sum her up with a single anecdote, I don’t know if I would want to. She was my best friend.

 

She got a second chance at life, and I wanted us both to take full advantage of that. I am so happy in that our short time together, I got to show her new experiences and adventures. She went from being an abandoned desert dog to living her best life in a loving home. She taught me so many things and made me a better person. I always felt blessed that she witnessed all this positive growth that I was achieving. She will always be with me in my heart, and I look forward to the day I can meet her again.