Bucksfan - not much I can say to take away the pain. I have lost two dogs, two cats and a horse. I have two more dogs now and one is 13, so not long left for her. My very much beloved dog Sackett died over 10 years ago, and I still get choked up thinking about her. She got me through a divorce and moves from Indiana to Ohio (marrying again) to Montana, back to Ohio and finally, back to Montana.

I just know the joy they bring us far outweighs the pain of their loss...but it hurts about as bad as anything I have ever experienced. I would not live without dogs as companions, there is just too much upside.

It does get better day by day...