Realize a dog can never be your friend because it doesn't have the mental capacity for it.

>>2127967
Are you retarded? Dogs aren't smart enough to have meaningful relationships, but the amount of affection they show towards humans is more than enough to constitute a friendship. Please put your fedora away, this is /an/.

>>2127961
buy a new one

Cry like a bitch, swear you'll never get another pet ever...3 months later you'll be at the pound picking up another one. Just don't ever forget your first best friend. I had a cat for 16 years. Put him down last November. Fast forward 6 months another one is trying to fill his place.

>>2128014
Yeah. It's really fucking sad, but I figured he was worth the pain. I'll get another one probably.

>>2128017
are you going to kill him too?

>>2128017
A little temporary suffering is worth the years of companionship. Just cry it out until the day you shower another dog with love.

Mine died yesterday while I was staring at his eyes turning blurred and he grasped for his last breath in my arms before turning cold and his back limbs started stiffening.

He left 4 babies behind... everytime I look at them I see their father and because of how much I loved him and how much he loved me back, I'll take good care of his babies for him.

You break a little bit. You're life sucks for a while. You'll cry and you'll have a hard time falling asleep at night. Eventually another one will catch your heart though. Just take each day one at a time. Try to stay busy and distracted.

>>2128121
Damn, I'm sorry. It sounds like your dog lived a happy life with a happy family. My dog never got to reproduce, I kinda wish I had given him the chance.