You get quite attached to the buggers but at the end of the day they are a tool. They are their to catch bad guys, find and apprehend intruders and track down the enemy. They will take a bullet for me or a patrol. To many new guys start treating their dogs like pets and forget that they are a working dog. Its sad when one dies but as you said mate, you just have to get on with it. I won't be on a re-team till next year so that gives me time to find another one.