I am so broken. We had him for 15 years. I grew up with him. He was like a little brother I never had, my best friend. It hurts so much because he was such a huge part of our everyday lives. I haven’t cried this much ever. Everyone in my house can’t stop crying. I don’t wanna eat anything. Nothing I do relieves the pain. I can’t even believe he’s gone. It feels like he should still be here when I go downstairs. I already had bad insomnia before and now it’s even harder to sleep. I can’t stop thinking about him. Everything in my house reminds me of him. I would do anything just to have more time with him. I would do anything just to give him one more walk, one more belly rub. I’m so depressed and feel physically sick. I feel so empty. Knowing I’ll never see him again hurts too much. Looking at all the places in the house where he used to sleep and he isn’t there and never will be again hurts too much. I know it’s one of those things where only time can truly heal the wounds but it’s too hard and you can’t just fast forward to when everything is good.

Those of you who have lost your dog before and have felt the pain I feel please give me your best words of anything. What helped you, what are some things you did to help you, anything please.

I don't have any advice for you but I am sorry and I hope you feel better

Just give it some time man. The first days and weeks are the hardest but you will start to feel better and remember all the good times. My baby died in 2016 and I still have her dog tag underneath my license in my wallet.

Stay strong man, have your moments now and get it all out tonight..

Sorry for your loss brother

Never had had a dog but lost my cat of 16 years and I cried for a week straight, I lost him a couple of weeks ago.

I just had to force myself to stop thinking about the good times because as much as I wanted to, i just broke down everytime. I hope things get easier for you quickly.

You dont realize how nuch losing a pet could hurt, but they become family eventually. I wish i could spend just 10 more minutes with my cat. RIP Ginger, miss you loads.

My best advice I could give you is to not hold anything in, it'll just make things worse. If you feel like you need to cry, cry. You'll feel so much better once you get that out of your system

I'm so so sorry for your loss brother

I’m sorry and I hope you feel that type or love again one day, dog or human or otherwise.

Ily bro, I’m so sorry 💔

Condolences to you and the rest of the fam too bro, I know how much this hurts for you guys. 💔

Hit me for anything.

the best advice i can give you is to give yourself as much time as you need to heal, and not let anyone tell you otherwise. I lost my childhood dog last year and was real depressed because of it coming at a horrible time so it really shook me to my core, to the point where I would correlate movies and songs to be about him. I felt like I failed him, like there was something I could’ve done better to help even more. the thing that tripped me out is that everyone in my household was fine after a few days. I wasn’t. so my advice for you, take the time to grieve. do things that’ll help you out personally with this. it’ll get better. it seemed like it never would but it does. those happy memories will overcome these sad overwhelming emotions. my thoughts are with you man, sorry for your loss

f***

sorry

you think we can get some pics of the pupper?

Sorry to hear that @op personally never had a pet cant imagine how you feelin just hoping it’ll get easier to cope with time for you

went through the exact same thing earlier in the year

only thing that helped me was time and working out

I’m sorry man, losing a pet is horrible. Just heartbreaking.

Been there before OP. Just know that they lived a fulfilled life and loved you unconditionally

Damn man I am sorry. When I lost my dog a few years ago I fell into a deep depression and gained a ton of weight from it. I only started feeling better after I started working out regularly. I got into the mindset of "my dog would want to see me succeed" and that helped me move on.

I've had three dogs die. The first was my introduction to death, when I was about 6. That's some heavy s*** to lay on a kid and I loved that dog. Cried for hours.

What always worked well for me and my family was taking a short time to grieve and then getting a new dog. It's not a replacement for what you lost; it's a new series of menial tasks you have to perform every day to take your mind off the pain until it goes away. Then, perhaps, you can open your heart again.

Best of luck to you. My condolences.

Sending you all the love you need ❤️

My God...

I love you all. Thank you so much. Your words and any advice, help, encouragement helps.

i love you homie. i'm so sorry

That’s so tough, you really do form a real bond with your pets. I never had pets bc allergies but my exes cats and her fish I ended up loving, gonna be sad if something happens to them. I imagine your much closer to your dog, condolences broski

I'm really sorry you have to go through this op. I hope you get through this. I've got a cat and I don't even wanna think about that. If there's anything I could do op let me know. U got some favorite food or something ill order u a meal broo

I'm sure your friend is looking down and still making sure you're safe. You'll forever have an angel on your side op. Reach me anytime bro im easy to talk to. We gon all get through tough times. Trust.

Dogs are often better than people.

It's funny how we can have such a strong bond with someone that's different from us and can't speak our language

May your dog RIP