I am so very sorry to hear about that - I was crying as I read your post
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You did such a great job looking after him and he was very lucky to have found you.

We lost our beloved 13 year old Springer Spaniel, Ben a year ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. We made a Scrapbook and put all of Ben's pictures in it from when he was a puppy to when he was very old and also made a 'memory box' where we put his Leash, Collar, Toy's, Raincoat etc in. It took a very long time for us to be able to get the scrapbook out to look at without crying but I do feel that over time it did help and I still have it now so I can just get the pictures and his leash out when I need to.

I hope this helps and if you ever need to talk I am here.

You are in my thoughts.
Alison