There's not much you can do. I had a dog for 14 years. She was my pet from Kindergarten till I graduated High school. Every day she'd be sitting on the lawn, waiting for the bus, knowing I'll soon be home. The winter after I graduated, we had to put her down because she took a stroke. I didn't realize it was going to be so hard, but it was. I think it would have been harder if she passed while I was still attending school, and not seeing her waiting for me when getting off the bus, but it was like losing apart of my childhood considering she was such a big part of it.