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>>95926 Ready for another "When my dog died"-story? If not, ignore this.
It just happens that my 9-year-old doggie died three months ago, and I held her till her last breath. It was kind of a nasty death too, I had to watch her suffer through the night, since the vet couldn't come sooner. I still get nightmares. Anyway, immediately after her death I, too, realized, that I couldn't live without a dog. It just felt so goddamn empty and weird. I just wanted to get a new dog, so I could stop thinking about it and start feeling better. However, I was unable to take one just right then. I had time to think it through, and now it does feel better, even though I still don't have a dog. I'm going to get a puppy quite soon, but somehow I think that I needed that time to really get over the death of my old one. Now I'm ready for a new puppy for real. Yhis way I won't at least make hasty decisions or anything, and this new dog won't remind me of the old one, not at least in a bad way.
Take the new dog when you really feel ready, that's my advice. Thinking it through will help you to remember the good days with your old dog. But hey, I'm not an expert, you're not me after all.
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