TikTok-Famous Dog Woofy Has Died: 'I Would've Done Anything for Her to Be Here,' Owner Says (Exclusive)

Jenna Ferraro tells PEOPLE that everyone loved Woofy's personality

• On July 10, Jenna Ferraro confirmed that her 6-year-old dog Woofy died after complications from immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IHMA)

• Ferraro tells PEOPLE that she is grateful for countless donations that she used to help pay for Woofy’s vet expenses 

• She plans to start a foundation in Woofy’s honor to help other pet owners that may need financial help to save their pet

Woofy, the 6-year-old dog who amassed a following on TikTok, has died.

On July 10, Woofy’s owner Jenna Ferraro posted the sad update on the pair's shared TikTok and Instagram accounts, writing, “You were and always will be everything to me.”

“You were so SO loved, I hope you know I gave you everything I had,” Ferraro said in her post to Woofy. “You've made people happy around the entire world — your time was cut short, but you were a legacy."

Ferraro tells PEOPLE that she and her family first found Woofy — a Cocker Spaniel and French bulldog “super mutt” — through a Facebook ad in 2018 after their childhood dog died a few years before.

“My mom was adamant about getting a lab,” she says. “So when my sister and I found out Woofy wasn’t a lab, we didn’t tell her and were like 'She's not gonna let her stay.' "

“The day I met her, she was instantly attached to me and I knew it from the moment I saw her,” Ferraro continues. “But then months later, my mom asks ‘Why isn’t she getting bigger?' since labs are big dogs and we’re like ‘I don’t know, it’s so weird.' "

Since 2020, Ferraro documented her daily life with Woofy and shared photos and videos of her and the pup on TikTok and Instagram.

"Everyone fell in love with her personality,” Ferraro recalls. “The [first] video I posted of Woofy was when she was a baby, holding this huge water gun in her mouth and slapping me with it. She was playing with it, but it almost looked like she was intentionally hitting me with it.”

“So I posted that video with horror music in the background and in black and white, just to make a funny video. I had no intention of it blowing up but I woke up the next day and I gained thousands of followers and likes and from there, I introduced Woofy to everyone."

Ferraro says that Woofy only really loved 10 people and “wouldn’t give the time of day to anyone else” and finds it “funny because so many people love her on the internet.”

“If someone she didn’t know or liked tried to play with her, she would give them absolutely nothing.” she says.

Ferraro first took Woofy to the Wantagh Animal Hospital in Wantagh, New York, on July 2 after her family noticed she was not eating and had low energy levels. After a check up and a few tests, the vet confirmed that Woofy developed immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IHMA). Ferraro was given a choice of either taking Woofy to the animal hospital for treatments or putting her down.

The proud dog mom opted for the former, and set up a GoFundMe while at the animal hospital on July 2 for Woofy’s vet bills.

In the GoFundMe page, Ferro wrote that IHMA is “an autoimmune disease that [causes the body to] attack its own red blood cells” and that the disease “is causing her to be anemic and cause liver problems as well.”

“Within an hour, the GoFundMe blew up and I was just sobbing and could not believe that these people I have never in my life met are trying to help me, and they're trying to help Woofy," she says of the quick response after she shared the link on social media. “It was a moment of like, 'Wow, humanity exists.' "

Woofy underwent three blood transfusions that week and recovered temporarily. Unfortunately, Ferraro and her family ultimately had to make the difficult decision to put her down days later after her veterinarian found fluid in the dog's lungs.

“We put her down while she was in my arms,” Ferraro tells PEOPLE. “Her favorite thing to do was go ‘sleepy on the couch with mommy’ and we’d take a nap together for hours.”

“The doctor gave me a blanket and I wrapped her up and I was holding her. She side-eyed the doctor like she was annoyed someone else was looking at her. But I told her to look at me and I said ‘We're going sleepy on the couch with mommy,’ and she looked me in the eyes, almost like she was saying ‘thank you,’ and that was it.”

Ferraro says she would like to eventually post videos again on Woofy’s page in order to honor Woofy’s memory and share her favorite moments with the internet.

As of July 15, the GoFundMe was able to raise over $30,000 to cover the vet bills and other expenses for Woofy’s care. Ferraro plans to use the funds to cover the rest of Woofy’s expenses and also tells PEOPLE that she wants to start a foundation on Woofy’s behalf.

“The foundation would be set up for owners of any pets that need financial help when they're given that decision of ‘Either you could try to fight or this is their last day,’ “ she explains to PEOPLE. "I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have people behind me donating and I didn't have that option to fight for her."

Ferraro is grateful for her time with Woofy, and the sweet dog's legacy.

“I gave her the amount of love in six years that you can give anyone in a whole lifetime and I hope she knows that I would’ve done anything for her to be here," she says.

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