So sorry to hear of your loss (and your mums).
We went through it 10yrs ago in June with our first cocker - Katie #1 who was 13yrs. We had her when my dad left the R Marines when I was 14yrs. My mum said didn't want to get another, as bringing her home from the vet to be placed in the garden was sooo hard to do. (She's asleep between the apple trees and under a bench I bought my parents for one of their w. anniversaries).
My mum buys plants for my dad to place on her, but my mum still longs to get a water proof cover to place over the top of her resting area when it rains, as Katie hated getting wet. My mum still gets upset when talking about her, but when you love someone so much, you do I think.
4 mths after Katie passed, we got Morgan and then Dylan. It did help ease the pain, but neither could ever replace Katie #1.
You must always remember that he had a lovely life, and he was lucky to have been brought home to such a lovely home. Nobody could have loved him more than you and your family.
Time is a great healer, and whilst it's hard to believe that now, you will put to the back of your mind the events of yesterday and will always remember him how he was in his time with you.
Run free little man, always missed but never, ever forgotten
