Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos first met and fell in love with their beloved rescue dog, Chewie, on their long-running ABC talk show — and now, the couple are mourning his death with viewers. On Wednesday, February 5, a teary Ripa shared that a vet had come to her family's New York City home to put the 17-year-old Shih Tzu to sleep.

Kelly Ripa broke down in tears while announcing the death of her dog Chewie with Mark Consuelos on Live With Kelly and Mark. "We had a rough day yesterday. We had to say goodbye to Chewie yesterday," Mark,

Wednesday’s Live with Kelly and Mark began on a somber note, as Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa broke the news that their beloved dog, Chewie, died yesterday (Feb. 4). Consuelos explained that their eldest pup had “stopped eating for a couple days and had been eating less and less for the past few weeks,