Kaley Cuoco rehomed dog Shirley due to fights with Tom Pelphrey’s dog Blue

Kaley Cuoco pays tribute to her late dog Shirley.

On Sunday, Nov. 24, the actress opened up about the story behind rehoming Shirley, who recently died of cancer, revealing in an Instagram wheel that Shirley had to leave her home after having a fight with her fiance Tom Pelphrey’s puppy.

“Most of you know I had (Shirley) for many, many, many years,” said Cuoco, 38. “All of a sudden you stopped seeing her and I started getting a lot of questions about where she was , because it’s very unlike me to just not write about a dog that I’ve had since she was 6 weeks old.”

Getting emotional, the Based on a true story The actress – who shares 19-month-old daughter Matilda with Pelphrey, 42 – added: “Long story short, she’s a very special dog to me as you all know.”

“And when the love of my life came into my life, Tom, who is also a huge dog lover,” she continued, “and he moved across the country with his beautiful German Shepherd, Blue, a few years ago, unfortunately, Blue and Shirley began to get into some mega matches.”

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Cuoco added that Shirley was “determined to kill” Blue, adding that she also fought with other dogs, except for Norman, who she grew up with and acted as a “mob boss.”

The longtime animal lover went on to say Shirley was “such a dog” who loved children and families. But because Cuoco has a lot of dogs Big Bang theory alum began to fear that Shirley would harm another animal.

She continued that they made the difficult decision after realizing Shirley could not live in their home “with the way she was behaving.”

“I loved her so much, but I was really scared,” Cuoco said. “I didn’t want anything really bad to happen or for someone to accidentally get hurt and hurt.”

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Cuoco revealed that her pet handler Tony and his wife Angie offered to help take care of Shirley a few years ago and have “had her ever since.”

She added as her voice began to shake: “They have loved her so much and it was an excruciating decision.”

Reveals the heartbreaking news of Shirley’s death stewardess The actress added: “She got a very aggressive bone cancer that came on very quickly.”

“She was almost 14 years old, which is an incredible life for a dog,” Cuoco said as tears fell. “And I just wanted to share her story and what we had to do.”

She finished by giving her appreciation to Tony and Angie for taking care of Shirley, before adding that she wanted to tell everyone how amazing the late dog was, writing in her caption: ” In honor of my Shirley @ohnorman .”