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In reply to the discussion: My dog was just run over and killed. [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)When you're grief stricken is the worst time to make big decisions like this. Personally, the only thing that HAS helped me when I've lost one of my fur babies was to get another one. The love needs somewhere to go, and why would you want to deprive yourself of the love and devotion they give back?
Put that decision on a shelf for now. After some time has gone by revisit it again. Somewhere there's a doggie that wants you for it's wonderful forever home. Of course you aren't ready now, but in time you may feel differently. After I lost my first doggie I also thought no other one could have compared to him until I got Boo, and after his loss I thought that I was just the most lucky person in the world to have had two doggies that were the light of my life, and then I got Yoshi who is the light of my life now. Had I never gotten Boo or Yoshi after Kato died I would have spent the last decade and more in absolute misery pining after a beloved dog that was gone.
The only thing that stinks about having a pet is that we're going to outlive them. That's just a given. But I would never trade that eventual loss over the years of love and devotion and laughter and hugs they gave me for the years that I had them for the whole world.