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It’s the worst feeling in the world.
Once they’re gone, all that’s left is this big gaping hole in the family and your memories of them and their belongings and collar.

As you sit there, spending your last moments with their body, you can’t help but hope that their tail will start wagging again as you pet them, but it never does. That they’ll wake up and start to lick your face and lick away your tears and try to make you feel better, but they don’t. It’s hard to leave them behind, and it feels so wrong because you know that you’ll never see them again.

And as you drive home, you see other people walking their dogs, and it hits you again, and you wished that you had walked your dog again, one last time.
And when you get home and open the front door, you realize that there’s no one there to greet you with a wagging tail, who’s so happy to see you, and it hits you again.
As you walk around the house, you realize that there’s no one following you around anymore, and it hits you again.
And as you eat dinner, you notice that there’s no one there begging for food and it hits you again.
And as you stare at the chair they used to sit in, you see how empty it looks and it hits you again.
As you stare at the pictures of them around the house, it hits you again.
As you stare at the collar they used to wear, you realize that no one’s wearing it anymore, and it hits you again.
You stare at the toys they used to play with, and it hits you again.

You want to call their name so they can come over, so you can hug them as you cry, but you know that you can’t.
Not ever again.
Because they’re gone.
And you can’t do anything to bring them back.
All you want is to hug them one last time and tell them how much you love them.
And yet you can’t.
All you can do is hold their collar and cry and pretend that they’re still there, following you around with that wagging tail.

You’ve lost your companion.
Your one true friend.
The one you knew would never betray you, or hurt you, and would always try to make you feel better.
And you start to feel lonely because they’re gone.

Description
It’s the worst feeling in the world.
Once they’re gone, all that’s left is this big gaping hole in the family and your memories of them and their belongings and collar.

As you sit there, spending your last moments with their body, you can’t help but hope that their tail will start wagging again as you pet them, but it never does. That they’ll wake up and start to lick your face and lick away your tears and try to make you feel better, but they don’t. It’s hard to leave them behind, and it feels so wrong because you know that you’ll never see them again.

And as you drive home, you see other people walking their dogs, and it hits you again, and you wished that you had walked your dog again, one last time.
And when you get home and open the front door, you realize that there’s no one there to greet you with a wagging tail, who’s so happy to see you, and it hits you again.
As you walk around the house, you realize that there’s no one following you around anymore, and it hits you again.
And as you eat dinner, you notice that there’s no one there begging for food and it hits you again.
And as you stare at the chair they used to sit in, you see how empty it looks and it hits you again.
As you stare at the pictures of them around the house, it hits you again.
As you stare at the collar they used to wear, you realize that no one’s wearing it anymore, and it hits you again.
You stare at the toys they used to play with, and it hits you again.

You want to call their name so they can come over, so you can hug them as you cry, but you know that you can’t.
Not ever again.
Because they’re gone.
And you can’t do anything to bring them back.
All you want is to hug them one last time and tell them how much you love them.
And yet you can’t.
All you can do is hold their collar and cry and pretend that they’re still there, following you around with that wagging tail.

You’ve lost your companion.
Your one true friend.
The one you knew would never betray you, or hurt you, and would always try to make you feel better.
And you start to feel lonely because they’re gone.