Lost my loyal friend

Today I had to put my best friend down. His name was "Snickers." I adopted Snickers when I lost my other loyal friend named "Hershey" to cancer. He was 5 years old. Too young to die. Hershey was a mixed lab-border collie. When I lost him my heart was torn, but 2 days later I adopted Snickers from the humane society. Snickers helped me heal. He was also a mix lab and well behaved. 5 months later we adopted a brother for Snickers who was also a mix lab. My Snickers wasn't acting himself just like Hershey. But I thought maybe it was just me b/c of what happened to Hershey. The doctor said that Snickers exam was normal but did some blood work. The doctor saaid he would call me when he got the results that day. He called before closing and said b/c of my other dog he felt heartsick in telling me Snickers had acute leukemia and the outlook was grim. He said at best he would live only 120 days. That was on June 5th and today I had to put my baby Snickers to sleep. He was only 4 & 1/2 years old. My heart right now is heavy but I know he is in doggie heaven with Hershey. His brother Jake is just laying around b/c we all were up with Snickers since 2 AM today. So love your pet and take them wherever you go never know when something might happen. Last night we took Snickers and Jake for their night ride, he saw the ducks and everything. Last night he was himself, moved slowly and then at 2 this morning he couldn't walk and was floopy. He was scared so I held him til the end. I thanked him for making my life brighter and that I will always hold him close in my heart.