I used to have a dog but if I kept her I would have been evicted so now she lives on an acreage in another town. Saying goodbye to her was so so sooo hard, though. And she's still alive, so I can't even imagine how you must be feeling.
His name was Will. I disliked the name, but he came with it. So we were kind of stuck with it. I would always call him Willy though because I thought it was cuter.