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People Bring Sticks Instead Of Flowers To This Dog's Grave

This is a screenshot of an X (Twitter) post showing the grave of a deceased dog named Rex located in a public cemetery. The grave features a bronze statue of the dog lying down on a stone headstone inscribed with the dog's name. Instead of traditional funeral flowers, visitors to the grave leave sticks, which is a favorite toy and activity for most dogs, as a loving tribute, and a large pile of sticks can be seen resting on the statue. The original poster reacts to this sweet, touching moment with the comment 'I'm not crying you are'.
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Instead of flowers, people bring sticks to this dog's grave.

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This is a screenshot of an X (Twitter) post showing the grave of a deceased dog named Rex located in a public cemetery. The grave features a bronze statue of the dog lying down on a stone headstone inscribed with the dog's name. Instead of traditional funeral flowers, visitors to the grave leave sticks, which is a favorite toy and activity for most dogs, as a loving tribute, and a large pile of sticks can be seen resting on the statue. The original poster reacts to this sweet, touching moment with the comment 'I'm not crying you are'.

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This image is a screenshot of a post originally shared by X user @readwhenever, and was reposted in the WholesomeMeme community on X.com (formerly Twitter). The image depicts a real dog's grave located in an existing public cemetery.

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