Lost my dog 5 months ago and I just still feel so so sad

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I lost my dog 5 months ago she was 7 and she died suddenly. She was attached to my hip and never left my side for 7 years
I have a almost 1 year old who is keeping me occupied being a single mom.to him but I still feel overwhelmed with grief anything sets me off about her

She was the most amazing beautiful dog ever and we loved eachother unconditionally

I sometimes sleep with her box of ashes next to me for comfort. I'm just so glad I have my son as I don't know how I would of coped without him helping me

Some people say I'm going over the top bur she was my life and my heart is still broken

You are still grieving. 5 months is nothing and don't listen to others.
It does get better, I promise. Take care.

I can’t imagine losing my German shepherd. She is my world! When I lost my previous pet it took around 9 months to not be feeling emotional about it every day. I still think about him regularly and he died 5 years ago now. Sorry for your loss :-(

Oh I'm so sorry. When my beloved (also feral) dog died I had to go away for work a couple of days afterwards, and I actually packed her soft fleecey harness and sobbed into it at the hotel. That terrible emptiness and grief is unbearable.

You know what they say, the pain is the price you pay for loving these creatures so much. But she will always be with you, in your memories and your heart. And although you don't ever really get over it, it does become easier to bear eventually. 💐

I am so sorry. Grief is the same whether a person or animal. I have grieved my dog more than some relatives who I rarely saw.
I understand absolutely. I lost my soul mate dog 8 years ago, ( oh god teary even writing that) & even though I have another, it took years before I could do that, I still miss her. I still have her photo on fridge, I still compare my dog now to her. ( Current dog is sweet but not a patch on her)
I wish I had advice for you, but I'm hopeless! Single Mum too.
Take no notice of comments from others, they've never had such a dog/ human connection obviously. Some people just don't get it. Their loss tbh, as they'll never know that unconditional love you get.
Again, I'm so sorry, it will get easier definitely. Do lots with your son, try to get out as much as you can. You'll always miss her, but you were lucky to have her. Maybe get a lovely picture of her done, an oil photo canvas? Do a photo album with your son & male it as keepsake? When you are comfortable with that.
Don't let it consume you. You will love another dog/ animal again, it's not the same, but different isn't always bad . I feel so lucky to have had that wonderful girl in my life.
Lots of love.( With tears streaming!)

so many people don’t shed a tear when say their parents or other humans in their lives die, but when their dogs or cats die they’re a jibbering mess for months.

it’s like you said, they’re with us all the time, we think about them all the time and they give us so much love so it’s so hard when they’re gone. i lost mine suddenly a month ago and i’m sure i will still feel like you in four months’ time.

just be gentle with yourself and do what you need to do to grieve the loss. i was reading creating a memorial to focus on and writing your dog letters might help. know there are so many of us out here going through the same thing.

sending you hugs from a fellow heart broken 💔 ex-dog mom

My much loved cat died FIFTEEN YEARS ago and on the odd occasion I dream about him to this day, they are always nice dreams and he's always in my arms telling me he's okay (I have life long guilt for not staying with him at the vets). Whenever it happens I wake up with bittersweet tears on my face. Our pets stay in our hearts and we continue to love them quietly every single day until the day we get to scoop them up again x

I am so sorry for your loss. I understand completely. It's 4 months since I lost my own beautiful girl. She was too young, just as yours was.
It hit me so hard. It was as if the sky turned to concrete and fell down on my head. I'm still making my way through the rubble. I just cleaned my car and left her muddy pawprints. I empty the dust from the vacuum cleaner into the garden, because I can't bear to put any fluff in the bin (I miss the fluff, there's hardly any anymore). Her bed is still beside mine, and her ashes are in it now. I lift them up and hug them.
If you are over the top, so am I.
Maybe you can write down memories about her, and get some photographs printed, and then when your little boy is older you can tell him all about the lovely dog that was in his world when he was born.
Hugs. It's so hard.

We lost our dog at the start of the year, and miss him terribly. The only positive part is the relief from knowing he's no longer in pain. He was very elderly (18!) and struggled with daily life by the end, so I feel sad, but also at peace about him no longer being with us, some days I still tear up honking back to his puppy days, and how full of life he was compared to his last few years, but on the whole, I am at peace with his passing, and try to just think about what a lovely long life he had for a dog. We lost a cat a couple of years ago, who got hit by a car. He went far before his time, and it was so so painful and unexpected for us. We'd prepared the kids for the loss of the dog, as we knew a couple of years beforehand that he wouldn't last much longer, due to age, and declining health, and they accepted it very well. Losing the cat was a shock for us all, and we were all distraught, and still now it's unbearable thinking about him and what he went through when he should have had so many years ahead of him. Pet loss is so much worse than you think it will be, until it happens. I won't get another dog, as the grief is just too much.

So sorry for your loss and sending you love. My cat died suddenly and unexpectedly in December. I also lost a dog in a similarly shocking way two years ago. I’ve had lots of pets but the sudden deaths are the hardest to live with, I’ve found. The shock adds an additional trauma to the heartbreak of their loss. Be kind and gentle to yourself.

It helps to know others feel the same. When @Onedaynotyet said they didn't clean muddy paw prints !
I am same with not only with my dog Nelly, but my cat, who walked through paint & left paw prints on my bedroom floor. I can't clean them all up, she was a loving, gorgeous girl who hugged me to sleep every night, I've made a feature of the best prints, painting around them. Lol, a future owner of this house will think I'm a nut! Or i may take the piece with me & replace board!
I hope all these comments help you to realise it's all perfectly normal & we are all so lucky to have had such lovely in our lives. Xx

I'm sorry. Anyone who says you should be over it has never lost a pet they really loved
Take your time ❤️