FACED with a grim diagnosis for his beloved pooch, a man from Nebraska, the U.S., decided that it was time for one last epic road trip.

    Robert Kugler and his dog, chocolate lab Bella, have traveled up and down the entire country on the bucket list of a lifetime.

    The two began their journey this past spring after vets diagnosed Bella with cancer. It was then that Kugler began devising a plan to enjoy the most amount of quality time with his much loved canine.

    The cancer forced Bella to have her leg amputated, but even on three limbs, she’s unstoppable.

    “Bella definitely has a lot of eagerness to explore,” Kugler told InsideEdition.com. “She wants to be with me pretty much wherever I’m going.”

    Kugler adopted Bella when she was a puppy nearly nine years ago, and their connection was instant.

    “She came right over and put her paws up and then came back and put her paws up again, she basically chose me,” Kugler said.

    He added: “She also communicates very well, always tells me when she wants to eat and says ‘ruff ruff’ on a time schedule.”

    After Bella started limping in the spring of 2015, Kugler took her to a vet, who revealed the dog had bone cancer and had just months to live. It was then that he felt he needed to take action.

    “I realized I wanted to explore the country. Bella’s happy to go wherever and she could do a lot of what we’re doing in one place, but I hadn’t been on the east coast that much or traveled out west and I wanted to take Bella with me. I couldn’t imagine the trip without her,” Kugler said.

    Kugler and Bella’s bucket list included trips to Zion and Bryce Canyon in Utah and cities throughout the Midwest. They also headed up and down the northeast, visiting Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts.

    The trip also led them to Buffalo and Niagara in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Savannah.

    (SD-Agencies)