Hammy and Olivia

Hammy and Olivia is an American YouTube channel known for their talking dog skits. The channel is run by Chris Equale (January 20, 1988 [age 36])https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2U6Xk_M2Ah/?igsh=YWY0amJnZnRqNzZ3, featuring his wife Sarah Rasmussen, their dogs, Hamilton "Hammy" (born: December 23, 2016 [age 7]),https://youtube.com/shorts/nThVyoM6Y4k Olivia † (December 21, 2014 - November 7, 2023 [aged 8]),https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx68q0OXIvt00Law4RuVvL_U4xGMY88XZyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CzYwkb8Of9R/ and Fiona, and their cats, Theodore (born: March 20, 2022 [age 2])https://youtube.com/shorts/uwgdo-3E_PI?si=1R3H27V2dMq-fcKN and Eleanor "Nori" (born: February 14, 2023 [age 1]).https://youtu.be/5jNWzOwNQfI?si=ISM_6Tyr2BmaZeQe Their channel became popular due to their videos being formatted in YouTube Shorts.
==Channel==
The channel was created on June 13, 2020 and the first video was uploaded on the same day. On June 13, 2020, the channel uploaded their first YouTube Shorts formatted video titled “Talking corgi falls in love with a cat | Hammy and Olivia.” Their content is skits with Hammy and Olivia talking which is dubbed by Chris.
When they film their videos, Chris would hold up a treat to get Hammy and Olivia barking as if they were talking in their videos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YhzmIkcMU They make a famous series called "Where's my legs" where Hammy would pose in a loaf acting like he lost his legs when in reality, they were tucked under.
On late June 2022, Theodore, a British short-haired kitten, joined the family.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T0bGM_pizQ On May 2023, Eleanor, a Scottish fold kitten, joined the family.https://youtu.be/HvlAwAl3lzM
On May 2024, Fiona joined the family.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VVTi4ePJo9w
==Death of Olivia==
On November 8, 2023, Chris announced that Olivia died from kidney failure. Chris explained that she couldn't empty her kidneys and didn't want her to suffer.https://www.instagram.com/p/CzYwkb8Of9R/ The family made a Christmas tree with angel wings and photos of Olivia all around it in her memory.https://youtube.com/shorts/E7NHYE2ZBFI
==Subscriber milestones==
*1 million subscribers: December 2021
*2 million subscribers: August 2022
*3 million subscribers: January 2023
*4 million subscribers: August 2023
*5 million subscribers: February 2024
*6 million subscribers: June 8, 2024
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