That's an awful thing to have to deal with. Unfortunately, there's no simple way to handle grief.

When I've lost beloved dogs, it hurt like hell. But for me the key has been to honor them by remembering the joy we shared being in each other's lives.

My two dogs are lying at my feet as I type this, but the background image on my cell phone is a picture of the good boys I lost ten and twelve years ago. I sometimes get sad when I look at the phone and see them, but most of the time, seeing them makes me smile.