Miranda Lambert Plants Tree In Honor Of Her Dog, Waylon

Miranda Lambert is commemorating her dog Waylon who recently passed away with a tree planted in his honor. Lambert shared a photo of the tree on her Instagram story, writing, “Planted this tree at the farm for my sweet dog Waylon that we lost.” In the next story, she included a photo of an engraved marker that reads, “Your paws left prints on our heart Waylon.” Lambert then thanked a few of her friends who gifted her the tree.

Lambert announced the passing of Waylon, one of her many pets, on October 22nd on social media. The post included photos of the golden retriever along with the story about how Lambert rescued him and his sister, Jessi, from the side of the road.

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Today I lost one of my best friends. My old pal Waylon. I found him and his sister on the side of the road in Oklahoma in January 2008. They were abandoned , starving and freezing nearly to death. I was listening to Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings at the time me and mom saw them and pulled over to pick them up. I took them straight to the vet and she told me that the little boy was not doing too well (malnourished and dehydrated ) because whatever they had found to eat while they were homeless, he always let her eat first. He did that nearly his whole life. She said he probably wouldn’t make it but he did. For almost 13 years. He was a rock in our family and always held down the fort. He lived his life with no fences. The way we all want to live. He was a farm dog through and through and retired to Nashville life riding on the bus with mama to go home to Texas for Christmas every year. I’m so thankful for the time we had with him and I’m thankful for the rest of the time we have with his sister Jessi. Im so glad my husband @brendanjmcloughlin got to know him in his final years.💙 We are heartbroken but happy that he is running across the rainbow bridge right now and will be waiting for us when we get there. 🌈 Dogs change your life. The bond is something that can’t be described unless you have lived it. Thank you @sarahananney @julianentwig and @t_man_photo for being his other moms and dad and taking such care of him when I was gone. And thank you to the team at @animaliawellness in Franklin TN and BluePearl pet hospital in Franklin TN for giving us such amazing treatment and a few more years together. Hug your pups today y’all. #rescuedog #dogmom @muttnation

A post shared by Miranda Lambert (@mirandalambert) on Oct 22, 2020 at 4:47pm PDT

“Today I lost one of my best friends. My old pal Waylon,” she wrote. “I found him and his sister on the side of the road in Oklahoma in January 2008. They were abandoned , starving and freezing nearly to death. I was listening to Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings at the time me and mom saw them and pulled over to pick them up.”

Although Waylon’s prognosis looked bleak due to the fact that the dog was clearly taking care of his sister, Lambert took him in and helped him pull through.

“I took them straight to the vet and she told me that the little boy was not doing too well (malnourished and dehydrated ) because whatever they had found to eat while they were homeless, he always let her eat first,” she wrote. “He did that nearly his whole life. She said he probably wouldn’t make it but he did. For almost 13 years. He was a rock in our family and always held down the fort. He lived his life with no fences. The way we all want to live.”