--- title: The Internet Has a Lot of Feelings About Marnie the Dog description: The Internet has a lot of feelings about the ailing health of elderly Instagram famous pooch, Marnie the Dog. canonical: https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-02T17:31:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:20.440Z og:title: People Have a Lot of Feelings About the Ailing Health of Marnie the Dog og:description: The 18-year-old dog has over a million followers on IG og:url: https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5abe5c811ab19f1/698a0adc97cdff8dbc6ba66f/marnie-the-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2017 Streamy Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Have a Lot of Feelings About the Ailing Health of Marnie the Dog twitter:description: The 18-year-old dog has over a million followers on IG twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5abe5c811ab19f1/698a0adc97cdff8dbc6ba66f/marnie-the-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Have a Lot of Feelings About the Ailing Health of Marnie the Dog > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for dick clark productions) Matt Winkelmeyer—2017 Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 2, 2020 5:31 PM UTC The Internet can be [a source of anxiety, strife, and discord](https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/), but in some instances, it can also be a place to find community, as evidenced by the outpouring of support inspired by the life of one [Marnie the Dog.](https://time.com/5551937/best-animal-instagram-accounts-2019/) Marnie, an 18.5 Shih Tzu rescue dog, who was adopted at the ripe age of 11, has [1.8 million followers on Instagram](https://time.com/4008832/17-dogs-to-follow-on-instagram/), most of whom are concerned about her health. In a photo and caption posted by her owner, Shirley Braha, fans were reassured that Marnie is currently taking it “day by day,” although “time is not on our side.” Braha noted that Marnie’s declining health is one of the side effects of adopting a senior dog and encouraged her followers to be ready for whatever course Marnie’s well-being takes. “I’m beyond grateful Marnie has made it this far, but I also understand that part of being a senior dog adopter and advocate is knowing when to let them go,” she wrote. “I’ve been preparing myself emotionally and logistically, and I know some of you love Marnie like she is your own, so let’s prepare for that collectively.” See the full post on Marnie the support shown for her online, below. > [](https://twitter.com/jdpierpoint/status/1233821058949636096) > [](https://twitter.com/Rmona95/status/1233992410671321088) > [](https://twitter.com/peachyliiz/status/1234156139262205956) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/"},"headline":"People Have a Lot of Feelings About the Ailing Health of Marnie the Dog","datePublished":"2020-03-02T17:31:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:20.440Z","description":"The 18-year-old dog has over a million followers on IG","url":"https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5abe5c811ab19f1/698a0adc97cdff8dbc6ba66f/marnie-the-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5abe5c811ab19f1/698a0adc97cdff8dbc6ba66f/marnie-the-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Streamy Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"2017 Streamy Awards - Red Carpet","creditText":"Matt Winkelmeyer—2017 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5793600/marnie-the-dog-health/","name":"People Have a Lot of Feelings About the Ailing Health of Marnie the Dog"}}]}] ```