Anybody who has ever had a dog die knows how words cannot express how painful it can be…But Howard Stern, the passionate radio shock jock, came up with a pretty good tribute in honor of he and his wife, Beth Ostrosky’s dearly departed bulldog, Bianca.

“I’m literally devastated about it,” says Stern, adding, “Anyone who has a dog understands and anyone who doesn’t [have a dog] doesn’t understand, and that’s the way it goes.”