Sorry for your loss, but you did the right thing.
Don't know where you live in milwaukee but I grew up there and when I needed time by myself I would go take a strool down by the lake.
Last yr I put my beloved Cedar down, a yellow lab with bone marrow cancer at 8yrs 6 months. Thought I would not get another dog but 6 months later Lady came into our lives, she is a incredable sweetheart.