Zoe Apricot Boasberg passed away peacefully on December 19, 2025 at the age of 16. She was an absolutely wonderful dog. She was kind, loving, and wicked smart. When she was younger, we would take her for walks and she was so smart that she would go off leash and tear through the neighbors yards racing after bunnies and squirrels and birds and anything she saw. She loved going to the beach, but was terrified of the water yet managed to fulfill herself by digging as fast as she could to make the deepest hole, then she would stick her face in it with her rear popped up, lift her head and snort, and then repeat until satisfied with the size of her hole. While not as attracted to playing with other dogs as she was to playing with her humans, she did adore being around her three sisters twice a week for much of her life. She also loved to play in the snow, for which we nicknamed her "Snowy Zoe" and she would catch snowballs, fervently convincing herself that the snowball she found in the snow was the same one we had thrown for her and chew the life out of it, even though it really most of the time was just another random clump of snow. When we would go on the boat she would always jump up on me, begging me to pick her up so she didn't have to take the stairs, and if anybody ever dropped her leash on a walk, she would run it over to Dad so he would be the one to walk her. She also knew many tricks, and memorized the correct order to be able to perform them in so she would get a treat, deciding early on that if she did all of the tricks in a row without stopping and without being prompted, she might get her treat quicker. She also knew what it meant if I lifted up her ear to whisper, "Do you want a treat?" so, even if I just reached for her ear, she was already shaking her head yes and jumping up and running to the cabinet with the dog treats. Seemingly unable to feel the effects of a brain freeze, on the rare occasion that she was given ice cream, she was notorious for chomping the entire cone and ice cream in huge bites, wolfing it down within seconds. She didn't quite understand the concept of savoring food, and you would have to watch your fingers closest when giving her anything so she didn't bite them off! She was always unashamed in asking for pets from just about anybody and would unabashedly paw you for more pets if you stopped petting her until she was content. She absolutely had a flare for the dramatic, especially after going to the vet, where she would quietly get in the car to go home after her appointment, but then as soon as she walked through the doors of the house she would bark and cry if dad was there because she had to tell him exactly how it went, with a touch of theatrics. She knew how to play into all the drama. She loved her humans fiercely, even uncontrollably peeing everywhere as a puppy and young dog when she saw them because she was so excited. She also loved our close family friends that had her brother for many years, and was always so torn when she saw them, as she didn't want to go with them or even greet them for fear that she would be left with them for a few days, but she was always a trooper and so patient. I will miss her with all my heart.

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