Trying To Mend Our Broken Hearts. Options

[Missing_Reeree]

Hello, everybody. I'm not quite sure how to begin this post... I used to think people who were upset by the death of their beloved pet were silly and that it was impossible to love an animal as you would love your best friend. That was until I moved in with my husband and met his (our) wonderful dog, Serenity (whom the kids called Reeree.)Then I realized that those people weren't silly at all, though they're covered in fur and walk on 4 legs instead of 2... that animals are better friends than humans more often than not.

We lost our wonderful furbaby yesterday in one of the most violent, unimaginable ways ever. Our neighbors 2 German Shepherds got out of his yard and entered our fence and killed our furbaby. Then they drug her body into the middle of our neighbors drive. We didn't find out until our neighbor brought her body to us wrapped in a blanket. My husband and I refused to see what had been the end of our loving Serenity. We dug a place by our tree and burried her today and told our 3 children what happened to their playmate. Our neighbor had his dogs put down last night so that they wouldn't threaten another living thing (but it still doesn't make us feel any better for the loss of our best friend.)

I just don't know how to go about my daily chores without being bombarded with memories of how she would follow me while I went about my day. Offering me a sympathetic ear when I was bothered by something. Over flowing with joy when I would play with her or the love in her face when we would sit together on our porch while she had her evening treat and all the attention from our family.

How do you "move on" after the loss of such a dear furbaby who's been part of the family for so long and been with you through so much? I'm not sure it will ever stop hurting but I do know we'll forever miss Serenity and that no other animal will ever be able to fill the void in our hearts that her loss has brought.