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Thank You Jason Wood for allowing us this moment.
Oden's struggle with cancer finally came to an end.
May he rest in peace and his memory be eternal.

Canon 7D

Directed/Edited: Eliot Rausch
Director of Photography: Luke Korver, Matt B. Taylor
Song: Big Red Machine / Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner

A story from the 8 LIVES Documentary.
For more of Jason Wood's story from 3 years ago
see vimeo.com/14047489

For an interview with the Director / Editor vimeo.com/23510840
  • Havoc TV 2 years ago
    Wow. Amazing.
  • Very impressed particularly liked the visual unity of the shots. The out of focus shots that then focus give it a rawness, verisimilitude that says this is observational and this is what happened. Thanks for sharing it with us.
  • Michael Jones 1 year ago
    Amazing...
  • Max_Carsel 11 months ago
    it's fantastic.
    i almost cried.
    thank you.

    vimeo.com/8366628
  • VssStream 10 months ago
    i did cry, little bit.
    powerfull.
  • Keith Hill plus 8 months ago
    How could you not. I personally, was freaking sitting at my desk, midnight, balling my eyes out.

    Unbelievably beautiful
  • Terra Smith 5 months ago
    Thank god there are some honest people out there. There isn't anything wrong with shedding tears.

    I've never watched anything so powerful in my life, it made me uncontrollably cry. Thank you for producing this beautiful piece of work.
  • Lacynda Walsh 4 months ago
    Feeling the exact same as Terra Smith. Rest In Peace Oden.
  • AMAZING!! timeless RIP.
  • Jonas Jongejan 3 months ago
    Incredible strong! 6 minutes that made me cry!
  • heartbeeps 1 month ago
    One of my favourite videos. I keep coming back to this over and over.
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  • sarah bennett 2 years ago
    this is beautiful. thank you for doing both oden and woody justice.
  • Niamh Leonard 1 year ago
    I agree ............this is wonderful
    He was a truly lovely dog
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  • BWALL plus 2 years ago
    so powerful! God is Love!
  • BWALL plus 1 year ago
    Super Congrats on the win Eliot! you guys deserve it! so stoked for you guys!
  • Beautiful Piece.
    Hits me hard every time I watch it.
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  • Ryan Ly 2 years ago
    spiritual awakening-- great job
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  • Paul Ku 2 years ago
    love you woods
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  • Justin Gallagher plus 2 years ago
    Wow is all i had to say, it had me in tears, I also had to have my dog put down a few weeks back, it's really hard to lose such a great companion, that has been with you for so long. The video was truly Inspirational, and I'm glad riding helped/helps you like it does me!
  • Brian Chu plus 1 year ago
    whoa.
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  • Robert Paluch 2 years ago
    Amazing
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  • Olivisha films plus 2 years ago
    Moving
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  • B. Taylor 2 years ago
    Man that broke me up. I had my dog put down more than a year ago. I still think about him all the time. Thanks for putting this edit together. It'll stick with me.
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  • Tyler Howarth 2 years ago
    I just bawled so uncontrollably while watching this. Thank you for capturing the intense beauty of this situation. Thank you!
  • funny to see you in this thread!
  • Keith Hill plus 1 year ago
    Me too man....me too
  • David 11 months ago
    whoa, tyler, didn't expect to come across your name after just barely having seen this touching short documentary
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  • London Image Films plus 2 years ago
    This is, by far, one of my best video of the year.........Thx you to give me this opportunity to view it !!!!!
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  • Maria Bowskill plus 2 years ago
    I can't see for the tears in my eyes
  • Patrik Khun 1 year ago
    me too :(
  • Dj Orcen 1 year ago
    mee too
  • kalastromakeinz 1 year ago
    3 times mee too
  • Village Beat plus 1 year ago
    4 times.
  • Stéphane Maniaci 1 year ago
    Add another one.
  • Sonny Valentine 1 year ago
    I got a little teary too :(
  • Pigfish★ 1 year ago
    me too, I love my dogs
  • Alladdin plus 1 year ago
    :((
  • David Royce 1 year ago
    watched this twice and welled up both times.
  • Lyn Faber 1 year ago
    Watched this three times and will probably have to watch it again. Wonderful.
  • Lyn Faber 1 year ago
    And thank you.
  • Carlos Jaramillo 11 months ago
    that´s break me down....Oh man !!!! How special connection :-(
  • José Luis Ugarte 10 months ago
    :(
  • Motionhaus 10 months ago
    Add another tear.
    This is pure art.
  • Steve Kelly Design 9 months ago
    Beautiful film, moving and unforgettable.
  • alex linda 6 months ago
    and me too :(
  • mnosov plus 2 months ago
    Thank you
  • Jonas Daniels 1 month ago
    and me too. crying here at work. strong, amazing film.
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  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    absolutely beautiful.
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  • Sergio Aquino plus 2 years ago
    simple and touching.
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 2 years ago
    Amazing. Thank you.
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  • Robert Strohmeyer 2 years ago
    wow I'm another person that was in tears. Very well done. This needs to go into the best videos on vimeo channel.
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  • Jen Proctor 2 years ago
    I've never been so involved and moved by a short film - heartbreaking and beautiful.
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  • loonachic 2 years ago
    wow. thank you! this is amazingly beautiful on many levels.
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  • Mike Slack 2 years ago
    incredible.
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  • Naked Nils 2 years ago
    Almost cried my eyes out. This is without doubt one of the best this year and also one of the best ever. All the love to Jason for sharing this moment with us. May Oden rest in peace!
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  • Barnabas Bartl 2 years ago
    tears. definitly. thank you.
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  • Lorenz Schümann 2 years ago
    Without concentrating on the speaker, I didn't understand much. However it was clear quickly, what it's all about, and the emotions went right through my heart. Beautiful!
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  • Ryan Gonzalez 2 years ago
    What a deeply moving and beautiful piece, thank you for sharing this story.
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  • Stijn Carels 2 years ago
    wow, that got my eyes watering

    very touching stuff
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  • BumKi Cho plus 2 years ago
    I would like to give my thanks to you and Jason for sharing those moments with us.
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  • Michael Lee Ring plus 2 years ago
    I miss ODEN too and I never knew him. This is an amazing video!
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  • Obar 2 years ago
    tears. in the middle of class.
    that was amazing. reminds me of the endless hours i've spent crying over dead or dying pets.

    but no matter how hard it is to let them go, it is always worth the hurt in the end to be able to spend the time with them while they're healthy.
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  • Karim Amara plus 2 years ago
    touching.
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  • steven phibbs 2 years ago
    Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this - truly great.
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  • Gary Roberts plus 2 years ago
    I know God loves us because he gave us dogs. God Bless you and Oden.
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  • Megan Leigh Sweeney plus 2 years ago
    I cried. I love my dog and he is part of the family. I love seeing people love animals as they should be.
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  • Thomas Malkowicz plus 2 years ago
    So Powerful. The images, the interview, and music. Amazing.
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  • Mitchell Stafiej 2 years ago
    I couldn't keep myself together.

    Great work.
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  • Josh Reichlin plus 2 years ago
    Wow.
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  • Shamino 2 years ago
    wow...it touched me what an amazing job
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  • Jimmy Morris 2 years ago
    Wow dude. I wasn't ready for that. I saw the comments and blog post about how powerful it was but damn. It also brought back great memories of a rad dog I had to put down.

    Thank you for this.
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  • Helge Hafstad plus 2 years ago
    Moving, simply moving. Touches the heart.
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  • Glen Elliott plus 2 years ago
    This was particularly moving for me as a huge dog lover. IMHO, this is the best video I've seen on Vimeo to date. Thank you for sharing.
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  • Marcos Fantu plus 2 years ago
    wow. this was incredible. it reminds me of the power of cinema.
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  • Really impressive treatment of the subject. I think almost anyone can relate to this. Good editing.
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  • Michael Fawke plus 2 years ago
    very moving as just last week we went through the same thing. thanks for sharing
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  • David Ou 2 years ago
    man its so hard to hold it in. so moving. great great video!
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  • DecimalBrothers 2 years ago
    You've made a masterpiece.
  • niv borenstien 11 months ago
    this so true...
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  • Duncan Macdonald 2 years ago
    I'm sorry for your loss, and although I don't know you, I'm proud of you for making such a brave piece of film. You treated ODEN's life and death with such astounding respect, and that's what makes this beautiful, the love.
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  • Garrett Marks 2 years ago
    This is pure beauty
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  • factor08 2 years ago
    Uff!!! what a great video. really great
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  • This piece hits hard. Thank you so so much.
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  • Simon Packman 2 years ago
    I like the slow motion and the rain it makes some really cool shots.
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  • Rogier Schalken plus 2 years ago
    I was not prepared for this.
    Amazing story!
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  • Robin Lundgren 2 years ago
    Tears running like a flood from my eyes. Oh my..
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  • Luke LaPila 2 years ago
    Eyes watered up, amazing.
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  • Marwin Ou 2 years ago
    this is really heart touching, im sorry woody. i miss my dog too.
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  • Danny Carmeli 2 years ago
    This is the first time (as far as I can remember) tearing up after watching a video. I'm really sorry, man. I can't imagine what that would be like.

    Amazing documentary.
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  • Sundevil Flores 2 years ago
    ....Niagra falls. Incredibly moving.
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  • lAlA 2 years ago
    that's real.
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  • Marko Grubisic 2 years ago
    Wow...just wow...I was watching it 5 times...
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  • That's beautiful!
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  • Randell Rowe 2 years ago
    My heart goes out to you bro. Oden was awesome and I feel his loss from your video. Touching in all the right ways.
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  • Clingfilm 2 years ago
    That just shattered me. Then I went and hugged my dogs. For an hour.
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  • max bierman 2 years ago
    Beautiful emotions...This film said so much in six minutes...
    Thank you for sharing.
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  • Gavin Owens plus 2 years ago
    I wish we could express this much humanity to each other.
    Very very emotional piece
    g
  • Matteo Modica 1 year ago
    Quote.
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  • Smit Goswami 2 years ago
    amazing. easily one of the best videos i've ever watched.
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  • cesar delly 2 years ago
    Thang great job! i just lost mine a few months back it brought so many memories....

    "god was the love i held"
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