Jason and Kylie Kelce are grieving the loss of their beloved Irish wolfhound Winnie, with the latter posting an emotional tribute to the family pet on social media.
The Kelces had two of the huge breed, a male named Baloo and a female named Winnie, and Kylie revealed late Thursday that they have lost Winnie.
In an emotional post, accompanied by a series of pictures of the dog, she wrote: ‘When I was in high school I had a folder on my desk labeled “God’s gift to the earth”. These were pictures of Irish Wolfhounds that I had gathered from Google.
‘I had fallen in love with the breed when I was young and never let my fascination with them fade. It all led me to Winnie and holy s*** did she live up to the hype. She was everything I had hoped for in a Wolfie and more.
‘I lost a part of my soul today but I know she is at peace. I love you, Winn. You will always be my first born child.’
Kylie Kelce shared some adorable photos of their beloved wolfdog Winnie, who has passed away
The huge dog was even present on her and Jason’s wedding day and was part of the family
Jason had previously shown the height of their two dogs with a funny Instagram post
Reacting to the Instagram post almost immediately, brother Travis wrote: ‘You (gave) Win an amazing life Ky!!’
Over the past few months, the Kelces’ Irish Wolfhounds have been big news, with Baloo even invading the New Heights podcast last week.
In a funny moment, the giant dog started barking off-screen while Jason was recording the podcast.
To stop the ruckus and continue their football talk, Jason had to go off-camera to let the dog into his house, before it then collapsed onto the sofa behind him.
Jason also previously shared an incredible photo detailing the size of the two wolfdogs, with the dogs towering over his 6-foot-3 frame in an attempt to steal a slice of pizza.
Both Kylie – and brother-in-law Travis – paid tribute to Winnie after her sad death on Thursday
The family’s two Irish Wolfhounds predeceased Kylie and Jason’s three children
Winnie lies in the family’s vegetable patch on a sunny day in Philadelphia
‘They are wonderful animals, absolutely love mine,’ he wrote on X, in response to a fan asking for advice on whether or not to get one.
‘Very loving and connected to their people. However, not for everyone. If you travel a lot, have limited space, have food on the counter and have nice furniture, they might not be for you.’
He added: ‘Incredibly gentle, loyal, majestic lap dogs who hate to be away from their owners.’
The two dogs even made it into the Kelce family photo last year, with the pups wearing reindeer antlers for the occasion.
In a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot with Minted, Kylie joked that it was difficult to capture the ‘smelly’ dogs in the photo.
Travis told Kylie on Instagram that she and Jason had given ‘Winn’ an ‘amazing life’
Travis watches as Baloo runs across the screen during a take on ‘New Heights’
One of Jason’s wolfdogs found a cozy spot on the sofa behind where he was filming
“The person on the naughty list (of) Team Kelce is Baloo,” Kylie joked, warning crew members to leave snacks for the dog to steal. “If we lose another loaf of bread to Baloo Kelce…”
Kelce chimed in, adding that their dog will ‘eat anything in sight.’
The vets say, “Hey, don’t give him chocolate.” We don’t give him chocolate, he chooses chocolate, the Philadelphia Eagles center said, while Kylie agreed that it definitely earned Baloo the ‘naughty’ label.
It’s been a very emotional few weeks for the Kelce clan after Jason hung up his cleats in an emotional press conference earlier this month.