Marke, I wish I could help or say words that would comfort, a loss this extreme cannot be simply acknowledged and passed by, it grieves you deeply and it grieves me to know that you have suffered from this loss. We are all frail...us, our dogs...our time together is too short. And we are haunted by it, by the limitations and the what ifs and the absolute finality of it all. But, like Pastor Dave, I hold out the belief that when I close my eyes here, I will open them there to see all my loved ones...all my beloved pets and they will finally be able to tell me all the things I was unable to guess. I hold that hope out for you.
"How small a part of time they share, that is so wonderous, sweet and fair."
Edmund Waller