Video captures small dog being fatally mauled by neighbour’s dog in Surrey, B.C.

The beloved senior pup would have celebrated his 15th birthday in February, but this past Christmas was the family’s last with Lucky.

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A Surrey family is seeking closure and justice after their small elderly dog was fatally mauled by a neighbour’s much larger dog, and its body allegedly disposed of following the deadly attack.

“He was a part of our family,” Lucky’s owner, Jug Thandi, said through tears Tuesday. “We can’t, our kids can’t sleep, my in-laws can’t sleep.”

The Thandis brought Lucky into their home in June 2011 as a first dog for their two children.

“We didn’t pick Lucky; Lucky picked my kids,” Jug recalled. “He picked my daughter, went and sat in her lap.”

For more than fourteen years, the Havanese Maltese was the centre of attention in their extended household, greeting visitors at the door, snuggling with Jug’s mother-in-law and father-in-law, and even sitting at the dinner table on special occasions.

The beloved senior pup would have celebrated his 15th birthday in February, but this past Christmas was the family’s last with Lucky.

“We just want closure,” Jug said in an interview Tuesday. “It’s one thing he’s dead, it’s another thing he’s probably lying somewhere in a bag or something.”