Noodle, the TikTok-famous 'bones or no bones' pug, has died - CNN

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Noodle, the geriatric pug who captured hearts crossed the net for his “bones oregon nary bones” ritual, has died astatine property 14, his proprietor says.

Jonathan Graziano, Noodle’s owner, announced that his beloved canine died connected Friday, successful a tearful update posted to his TikTok and Instagram.

“This is incredibly sad, it’s incredibly difficult,” Graziano said successful the video. “It’s a time that I ever knew was coming but ne'er thought would arrive.

“Although this is precise sad, I wanted to fto you cognize and I wanted to promote you to observe him portion we’re navigating this sadness.”

Noodle died astatine location successful his owner’s arms, Graziano said.

“He made millions of radical happy,” helium said. “Thank you for loving him. Thank you for embracing us.”

Graziano adopted Noodle erstwhile the canine was 7 years old. The duo changeable to societal media fame successful 2021, aft Graziano began posting videos of the pug each greeting to TikTok.

In each video, Graziano would beryllium Noodle upright to spot if the canine could basal connected his own. If helium stood up by himself, it was a “bones day” – which rapidly became net codification for a time to get retired of furniture and marque the astir of your day.

On the different hand, if the pug flopped backmost over, it was a “no bones day” – aka a time for self-care and relaxation. Over 4 cardinal followers tuned successful to spot whether Noodle had bones for the day.

“I had perfectly nary thought this would go the barometer successful which the federation foretold however their time was going to go,” Graziano antecedently told CNN.