Bretagne experienced kidney failure and began slowing down in recent weeks. When she stopped eating for three days, Corliss knew it was time to say goodbye, Today reported.



"She was really anxious last night and she just wanted to be with me," Corliss told Today on Monday. "So I laid down with her, right next to her. When she could feel me, she could settle down and go to sleep. I slept with her like that all night."Texas Task Force 1 remembered Bretagne on its Facebook page Monday."Please remember the valiant effort and dedication to finding a victim trapped in a destroyed building that Bretagne showed us on a regular basis. She will be missed," the post reads. "Strength and peace to her handler Denise Corliss."As Corliss walked Bretagne into the vet Monday, fire department members flanked the two and saluted.