Riina Cooke created a series of activities for her terminally-ill boxer dog Romeo (Picture: Caters)

The owner of a terminally-ill boxer dog compiled a heart-warming ‘bucket list’ to give her pooch the time of its life before it passed away.

Riina Cooke was left devastated when her best friend, boxer dog Romeo, was diagnosed with an untreatable type of bone cancer by vets.

But instead of letting her pet’s last days pass by gloomily, the 32-year-old from British Columbia decided to arrange a series of amazing activities for him.

The activities included enjoying a doggy ice cream, a holiday to the USA… and riding in a fire engine (Picture: Caters)

‘I was just so upset for the first few days, I needed to do something to occupy my mind,’ she explained.


‘I decided to put together a list of fun things for us to do together, for example, riding a police car and fire engine, having a steak dinner, professional massage, try sushi and to go on a blind date with another boxer.’

Romeo rocking a cap at a burger joint (Picture: Caters)

A subsequent set of touching, and sometimes hilarious, pictures uploaded to Facebook show the poorly pooch enjoying his final days.



After completing the 22nd activity on the bucket list, Romeo’s condition deteriorated on March 16 and the heart-breaking decision to put him down was made.

Deputy dawg: Romeo has a trip in a police car, one of his final adventures (Picture: Caters)

‘It was bittersweet, I had to let Romeo go. We had so many great memories together but it wasn’t fair to keep him alive when he was in so much pain,’ explained Mrs Cooke.

‘(The bucket list) gave my dog the chance to experience things most will never get a chance to. I enjoyed spending so much time with him, I loved seeing him really happy,’ she added.

Dog’s dinner: Romeo about to try sushi (Picture: Caters)