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I think that is the right thing to do, wait until you feel it is the right time to get another pet. Your heart will tell you when that time comes. I am a big fan of going to the Humane Society for one. You save a life that might have been put to sleep otherwise. 3 of our cats, Scooter, Sniffy, and Chewy came from there, and every so often I look at them and realize they might not be alive if we hadn't adopted them. What a shame that would be.

I wish my Ex-wife was a cat person because I would love to see her take in the cat we have been feeding outside my shop. She(he?) is a really sweet little cat and comes to the shop at dusk every night to eat. Luckily, some people from the Ballet School a few doors down have started feeding her also, and even bought it a dish and spend time petting her every night. My heart breaks for these poor things.

Don

I think that is the right thing to do, wait until you feel it is the right time to get another pet

My wife's father's little Sheltie (they got her the same day as we got Dazzle) passed away in her sleep. He said that he and his wife, both in their late 60's/early 70's didn't want to replace her. But less than 10 days later they had a Havanese puppy As it has turned out the puppy ownes them.

BTW, Don if you would like a few more little felines, we have a few to spare. We have nine barn cats and 4 of the calico's are pregnant. I can bring some down to you this summer. Good way for me to see the "T" and share my wealth.

Uh, I think we are going to be out of town that week.

Don

Bobby, I'm sorry for your loss!
We had to put Sierra, our first dog as a married couple, down last winter ayear ago, over Christmas. She was the greatest, a greyhound lab mix. Sweet nature, true peace keeper. If my wife and I had an argument she would siddle up between us to stop it. She had an in operable brain tumor, and managed to last 6 months on steroids, before her quality of life just wasn't there. I wanted another right away, because the house was so silent in her abscense. A month later we went to a shelter 150 miles from here, because we saw a dog that looked just like her. Unfortunately she was agressive, and indifferent. As we were getting ready to leave, a volunteer brought Pretzel out to us. He was a completely different dog than what Sierra was. He was perfect! Happy, playfull and a soleful face. He's been with us just over a year now, he was on the youthanasia list, living on borrowed time. We are so greatfull we were able to save him, and he us!
Sierra at the beach:

Pretzel the new guy:

.....Bobby, so very sorry to hear of your loss..... Bill

It is so sad that most pets have such sort lifespans. When my kids were about 6 I thought I was being nice and bought Dan a Hamster. He was the coolest little guy, a Teddy Bear and didn't have a mean bone in his body (some of them bite, etc) Every morning he would sit up in his cage and I would feed him some pieces of fruit from my Breakfast. Just a cool little guy.

But after a year he started to get sick so we rushed him to the Amimal Hospital and they gave us the bad news, Hamsters only last about a year or so. Dan and I cried together, he was heartbroken and it was a tough lesson for a 6 year old.

As I have mentioned, I am dreading the day when my cats get to that stage. They are getting up there and I see them slowing down quite a bit.

Don

Don we also have 3 cats in the house 2 about 6 yrs and 1 about 3 yrs . We have had a couple others who lived with us till there end . Another tough situation with them also. The hamster we did for the daughter thought it went fast. I sure didn't know that about hamsters.

Well wife is doggie shopping been online looking at the local breeders . She is looking into same bred these sure have went up in the last 11 yrs but oh well . Me with my hobby she deserves what ever i can give her .

I never knew that about Hamsters either, or I would have never gotten one for a 6 year old. The vet told us "he is just dying from old age" and he was one year old!

I know what you mean about replacement pets. The first though some people have is to go get another one to take the place of the one you just lost. But how can you replace the memories of a family member. However, after a while things start to heal and you will find yourself able to start considering a new member of the family.

It is never easy though. Most of the people on here have lost a pet or pets who were the world to them.

Don

I think the eyes say a lot, they are all special just looking for kindness in return.

Richard

I feel your pain, My 16 year old Lab is going into the vet's on Tuesday. She has lost control of her hips and hind end. Right now all she does lay around and snaps at the other dog.
BradC

Sorry to hear that Brad. It just doesn't seem fair that their so short lived compared to humans.

Everyone thanks so mush . Wife and i keep talking of her so many things she did everyday in our lives . My wife is really missing her . We made grilled cheese last nite and peaches would allways come running when she heard the wrappers. I mentioned a new pet but the wife said not right away . She is still grieving heavy but maybe in a few months she will come around . When i work nites peaches was her sole companion most the time when daughter was out .

All these great pets here with the familys great pics gives me a smile .

Sorry for your loss, your dog is the spitting image of my wifes pom that we
had to have put down a couple of years ago. They are great dogs arent they?

It was harder for my wife to get a new dog. She was grieving so much over our first dog. I just kept finding pictures of dogs that needed adopting, until she said lets go look at that one!. It turned out getting Pretzel soon after really helped with the grieving process!

1 of my cats is 13 now, tho he is still in good health.. the other day he kind of scared me, he was laying streached out in the chair as usual except he looked dead, tried tickling him on his paw ( always wakes him up ) didn't work, felt him and he kinda felt limp, really thought he was dead.. I picked him up and he was really limp, so I set him down thinking he was really dead, looked away for a second, and then looked back and he was awake and looking at me.. Sunday, I was doing the compression test on the Rambler and had the door open, the cat jumped in and sat down in the passenger side and looked thru the window.