[Rapewta]

This is an Off Topic discussion forum so I just need to express some feelings that are real hard to keep in.
We said "Goodbye" to Charlie this morning.
He was our rescue dog when we got him. He was nine months old.
It is killing me and my wife. I can't stop crying. I have been through so much in my life and seen a lot of death.
This dog was all we had because our children have long left the nest.
He was a 65 lb mutt.
Smartest dog I ever had. Never once peed or pooped in the house.
Never chewed any articles. Never jumped up on the furniture.

Our grandkids could sit on him and pull his ears and he would just "roll with it".

He had a vengence for the mail lady. (11 years)
If he was with me outside and she came by, he would run up to her with his tail wagging and all was cool but if she walked up to the front window to deliver the mail and he was on the other side of the window... oh ...the war was on.

He loved the river near our house and he loved tennis balls.
Cancer got him.
I got to get over this. Thanks for listening.