Influencer Maren Peeters described “the worst day of my life” after one of her dogs attacked another.

Beloved social media dog influencer dies from heart attack amid vicious assault: ‘Life will never be the same’

Influencer Maren Peeters described "the worst day of my life" after one of her dogs attacked another.

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Dog influencer Raffie dies on Christmas Eve. Credit:

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- Beloved bulldog Raffie died on Christmas Eve, owner and influencer Maren Peeters revealed online.

- Peeters posted a tearful video recounting the circumstances of Raffie's death.

- The personality said that one of her other dogs, Pickles, attacked Raffie while she was away.

A beloved social media dog influencer, Raffie of the viral Bundleofbullies TikTok account, has died amid a vicious attack from one of owner Maren Peeters' other animals.

The popular bulldog died from a reported heart attack during the incident, Peeters revealed in a tearful video address to her followers, which she shared on Christmas Eve.

"I’m in Austria on holiday. Every time I am going on a holiday or going away for a few days, my dogs always go to the same daycare," Peeters said at the top of the post, crying as she recounted the circumstances that led to Raffie's death.

Maren Peeters and Raffie the dog.

Maren Peeters/Instagram

“I brought all of my dogs to this daycare, and one day after I brought them, I got a call. The owner wanted to put the dogs outside, and Pickles wanted to attack Raffie," Peeters recalled. "But, Raffie immediately fell dead to the ground. Heart attack. Died. The owner of the daycare immediately did CPR on Raffie. Pickles wanted to attack further, so Odin stepped in."

Odin and Pickles are Peeters' other bulldogs, who also regularly appear in her social media content across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.

"Odin is Raffie’s best friend, and he protected him. Odin almost died. They managed to put Pickles away, to fight him off, but Raffie was no more. Raffie is dead. I can’t believe it. I still cannot believe it," Peeters said, breaking down further as she reflected on her "best friend," Raffie.

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"I cannot live without him. Let’s not forget that Odin tried to save the life of his best friend. And let’s be clear, they never did anything like that when they’re with me. They always stay together," she concluded.

She also said that Odin was rushed to the vet, and while he survived, he is currently in need of medical care, Peeters later wrote in an Instagram plea for donations to cover his care.

"Odin is close to death. My heart breaks," Peeters wrote in the update, which came hours after her initial video post. "The treatment costs €5,000. I don’t want to ask for donations, but I feel compelled now. Could you please help Odin?"

Peeters has amassed a large following across her accounts online, with her dog-friendly content garnering nearly 700,000 followers on Instagram, over 1.5 million on TikTok, and over 1.7 million on Facebook.

Raffie's death is not the first among famous dogs this year, with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos tearfully revealing on *Live With Kelly & Mark* that their longtime companion, Chewie, died in February.

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"Chewie had stopped eating for a couple days and had been eating less and less for the past few weeks. She was extremely dehydrated and had some neurological stuff going on. You think, okay, I'm doing the right thing. This isn't going to be easy, but it's probably one of the toughest things we've had to do as a married couple," Consuelos said on the air at the time, while Ripa broke down in tears on the set. "Thank God we haven't had any tragedy befall us like that, but she was just a great part of our life."

Watch Peeters discuss Raffie's death in the TikTok video above.

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