When I lost my wife 4 years ago I thought the grief would never end.. and in reality it hasn't.  What shocked me to my core is how losing our dog this weekend has affected me and how similar the gut wrenching pain is. 

Growing up with dogs I've always known this day would come and that it would be painful, but nothing prepared me for how it would feel losing the dog I brought into my own home, the dog I was responsible for, the dog who loved me without condition.  I was the pack…