I know how you feel I just had to put down my 13 year old chocolate lab. He went every where with me. He was the only hunting buddy I ever had because no one else in my family hunts. Harley ( my dog ) would go on every bird hunt with me and he and I had great success togeather. If we weren't bird hunting we would be shed hunting ( something all hunters should train their dogs to do its badass) and he was always along with me to find and recover the deer I had shot. Labs are truely magnificant animals.