Samantha Armytage has shared her devastation after losing her beloved pet dog Banjo.
The TV presenter, 47, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share the heartbreaking news with her 255,000 followers as she came to terms with the loss.
She shared a gallery of pictures of herself posing with the six-year-old Labrador Retriever as she looked back on her precious memories with the pooch.
A heartbroken Samantha told how Banjo ‘suddenly’ died three weeks ago after he was thought to have been bitten by a snake near Wagga Wagga.
In a caption, she paid tribute to her pet as she wrote: ‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.’ Winnie the Pooh.
Samantha Armytage has shared her devastation after losing her beloved pet dog Banjo
‘Three weeks ago yesterday, I said goodbye to my darling boy, Banjo. My heart is completely broken.
‘He was my best mate, my baby & my shadow.. & I don’t know what I’m going to do without him.
‘He has gone before his time – he was staying with dad near Wagga, & we think he may have been bitten by a snake.
‘It was very sudden and I want to thank our vet who fought so, so hard to save him. We are all so sad.
‘There is another star in heaven these days. Vale Banjo.’
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