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Former football player’s dog dies from poison
November 24, 2025 – 20:33Reading time: 2 minutes
Dennis Diekmeier and his wife are currently worried about their daughter’s life. Now the family dog has also died due to poisoning.
Former professional football player Dennis Diekmeier and his family are mourning the loss of their dog, Diesel. As Diekmeier’s wife Dana announced on Instagram, the family dog ate poison while walking in the woods and died as a result.
“Sadly, our beloved little Diesel, who had been with us for almost a year, did not survive,” wrote Dana Diekmeier about a total of three photos of the Dalmatian. “He left us too soon. We are very sad,” continued Diekmeier.
However, another Diekmeier family dog named Dexter was lucky. According to Dana Diekmeier, she had also eaten the poison but was able to recover at the clinic.
Dana Diekmeier told the newspaper “Bild” about Diesel’s death: “I don’t want to talk about it like that yet. It hurts a lot. He was with us for a year and gave a lot of love to our family. We all miss him very much.”
The blow of fate struck the Diekmeier family at an already difficult moment: Delani’s daughter is currently fighting for her life. The 14-year-old was suffering from a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer that had also spread to his lungs. According to “Bild”, doctors only gave him a five percent chance of survival.
As Dana Diekmeier told “Bild”, her daughter recently underwent surgery to remove 50 metastases in her left lung. A CT scan will then show whether anything has grown back.
36-year-old Dennis Diekmeier played a total of 203 Bundesliga games and 135 second division games during his professional career. He played for 1. FC Nürnberg, Hamburger SV and SV Sandhausen. He ends his active career in the summer of 2024.
