Jenna Dewan mourns ‘sudden loss’ of dog Violet with an emotional Instagram post saying ‘our hearts are broken today’

JENNA Dewan has revealed she is mourning the “sudden loss” of her dog Violet.

The actress, 40, shared her heartbreak with an emotional Instagram post which paid tribute to the pooch.

Sharing a picture of herself with her beloved dog, she captioned the post: “Violet was the sweetest lady I ever knew, the best sneaky kisser in the world and the calm amongst the chaos always.”

then wrote: “Our hearts are broken today as we mourn the sudden loss of our Violet Mae.

“Everyone who met you loved you and it is one the greatest privileges of my life to have had the last few years with you.

“The bond you and Steve shared comes around once in a lifetime and our entire family misses you beyond words.

“I am holding on to the owl we saw on our porch last night right after you passed being a sign of your wise beautiful soul flying high. I love you my sweet Vi Vi 🙏🏻.”

Jenna adopted Violet when she started dating Steve Kazee.

He first got the sweet pet as a puppy in 2012, and took to Instagram to share his pain at her loss, writing: “To know her was to love her.”

“She was more than a best friend to me. She was my savior. When I lost my mom I truly didn’t know how I would survive.

“Along came Violet and from the first glance we were soulmates,” Kazee wrote.

“She wasn’t the dog I had picked out, that was a black lab mix named Jessie, who sadly didn’t make the trip from the Mississippi shelter.”

Jenna and Steve started dating in 2018, a few months after she and  separated, and revealed her pregnancy in September.

The two announced their engagement in February last year.

They welcomed their first child together the following month.