So sorry to hear about your sad loss. I have 3 dogs waiting for me at the bridge. When I lost the first one it was the greatest loss I had ever faced in my life. She was always there with me doing whatever I was doing and going everywhere with me. She has been gone over 16 years now and sometimes I still feel a lump in my throat when I think of her. Then I think of all the good times and the sun shines again.
The old adage remains true "to love and lost is better than to have never loved".