Sorry to hear about your pup, that's always a hard thing to go through but at least you got to spend the time she had in life with her out of the hundreds of millions of people in this country you were lucky enough to be the one that got to have her in your life and that's an great thing. The pain wouldn't be there if the joy and love weren't there first
Congrats on the retirement, that's awesome that you get to do it well before you actually "have to" now you can enjoy your life without having to be tied to one place even if you did enjoy the people there. You can always keep in touch with them outside of work occasionally so at least they aren't gone forever.
Thanks, JinCA. Appreciate it.