Well the worse day of our lives came Thursday when we had to put our dog Jorge down, he was truly my best friend, my back yard buddy, always on my 6 inside or out. We have been a mess, we cant eat or sleep, our little girl (6) just thinks hes upstairs with the big guy, she knows i'm sad and says to me last night "you gotta have school spirit Daddy" at least i was able to smile when she said that. It all started Tuesday when Jorge jumped off the couch and tore his rear ACL vet said 4 to 6 weeks he can recover, have him lay low and relax, he put a brace on his leg and gave him some meds, that was fine for one day, until Wednesday when i came home from work i gave him his usual loving and ear scratches, and walked into the kitchen to check mail where he followed me, there's one small step he jumped up on and must of pushed off his bad leg and collapsed onto the floor and started dragging his hind end, and there was bone clicking, i knew this was it. an hour and half later we made the decision of our life. he went to take his final walk with the Big Guy upstairs. It was truly truly bad. I can still picture his body limp laying on the blanket we brought him to the vet on. Coming home to an empty house is all new to me/us. I found myself avoiding going home now. I went to tractor supply the other day i someone found myself in the dog treat/food aisle looking at stuff, until it hit me in the jaw.I knew he had bad arthritis and had some other issues but nothing like this we were prepared for. I swear i heard walking in our house Saturday i heard the click of nails on the hardwoods, the wife said Friday she swears she heard crunching like something was eating.. we still have his sleeping pad next to our bed. Its too hard to move. It was hard enough cleaning his food/water bowls out, we have them with his collar and leash and brush on the mantel waiting for him to come home next week. I feel like its my fault if i didnt go into the kitchen to check my mail he woulda been ok.Thanks for reading and understanding guys. Hopefully Dean will post my pics