Derek Hough shared a heartbreaking update about his beloved dog of 15 years late Wednesday night.
The Dancing With the Stars pro-turned-judge posted a photo to his Instagram Stories showing himself lying on the floor nose-to-nose with his longtime canine companion Romi, revealing that the dog “isn’t doing too good.”
“My boy of 15 years isn’t doing too good, so I’ve been sleeping on the floor with him for the past few days,” Hough wrote over the touching photo. “My mind is racing thinking of all the different stages of life we’ve gone through together.”
Hough set the emotional post to Lewis Capaldi’s “Wish You the Best.”
The 41-year-old dancer and his wife Hayley Erbert Hough are longtime animal lovers who have filled their home with rescue pets over the years.
Hough previously opened up about his pets in a 2021 interview with People, when he and Erbert shared two rescue dogs, Romi and Luna, as well as rescue cats Palo and Lily. The couple has since added another cat, Otis, to the family.
At the time, Hough described Romi as his oldest dog, a German shepherd/husky mix who had begun going gray around his face. Hough joked that they had nicknamed the older pup “George Clooney” because he was so cool and relaxed.
“We’ve nicknamed Romi ‘George Clooney’ because he’s starting to get a little grey in his face, but he’s so cool and always just chilling, checking up on stuff around the house,” Hough told People.
Hough also made clear just how important his animals were to him and Erbert, calling them “the loves of our lives.”
“No matter what’s going on in your life, there’s this love and look on their face which says, ‘It’s going to be okay,’” Hough said at the time. “Taking care of them, loving them, and playing with them remind me to be present.”
That bond makes Hough’s latest update especially poignant. Fifteen years with Romi have spanned numerous chapters of the dancer’s life, from his years as one of Dancing With the Stars’ most successful professional dancers to becoming a judge on the ABC competition, marrying Erbert in 2023 and welcoming their daughter Everley in December 2025.
For now, Hough appears determined to spend as much time as possible beside his longtime friend, even if that means trading his bed for a spot on the floor.
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