Easy you should not feel guilty. You would not be replacing nutty just providing another dog with a good home. And of course the company of a dog is wonderful. I relate this to dating do we just stop because we have lost our loved one....Do we just sit back and wait for the dog to show up at our door.....
Thanks, Sunbathermom, that was exactly what I thought when reading ELSM's post. It's like thinking about finding someone special after you've lost a spouse, in so many ways. Do it, but not before you're ready to do it.
I have some dear friends who live out in the country in southwestern Colorado. Two years ago they had to put a dog down that they had, had since birth. The next day a small dog appeared at their place, which is miles from anywhere. They checked around and no one was missing a dog. Toto is a delightful dog and has the same personality as the dog they put down. You will be blessed by a new friend easy when the time is right.
Easy there are so many wonderful dogs at the shelters
that need homes. I volunteer at a dog shelter and I am thinking
about bringing another dog home to add to my family. He a 8 year old Bassett Hound, such a kind loving dog!! I have two dogs now, one was a rescue dog the other my was my sons who attached itself to me. When he moved out he left him with me. Walk around the shelter when you see the one you will know!
posted by amylou
over 2 years ago
Sorry easy I put Nutty instead of nutter.. Many years ago we had a family cat and he would not let any other cats come around the home. When he was around 12 he brought a beautiful angora cat home with him.. He passed away within a month. He knew he was sick and brought my children a new pet home.
Easy it has been 4 years now since I have lost my precious Molly and I have not and can not get another dog.
Instead I went out 4 months later to the local shelter and picked up a lovely orange cat that needed a loving home, for which I think I provide.
As someone said to me "You have too much love in you to not pass that love on to another animal who desperately needs a loving home."
The responses to this gentleman's post have made my day--heck--made my month. WAY TO GO
posted by toddke
over 2 years ago
Easy, don't feel guilty. I doubt that Nutter would want you to be alone. But, make sure you're ready. To tell the truth, I've been waiting to hear that you got a new buddy. You've got a heart for animals. I keep saying that if something should happen to my dog, I'll never get another one. I use the excuse that it'll be less expensive and easier to be free to travel, but who am I kidding? As I see her getting worse, I've been thinking of adding a new dog. They learn the routine from the old dog. That's how it worked with this one - of course, we were only going to dog-sit her for a week or two, or 11 years! Also, I've been offered 4 dogs in the past couple of months. It's almost like a sign. I've said "No" so far, but I know what my heart's telling me. Best Wishes to you...
After I had my dog, Honey, put to sleep two days after Christmas, '07, I swore I wasn't going to get another dog for a long time, and that it was going to be a SMALL dog (Honey was a chow that we rescued 15 years earlier along the side of a major highway, dying of Parvo). In mid-January, a friend sent me a picture of a chow on Petfinder. I went to Bunnell, FL., that weekend to meet her, and brought her home the first weekend in February. I absolutely wasn't replacing Honey - Honey couldn't be replaced. But Brandy is a sweetheart who eased my broken heart, and I swear Honey found her for me! I love Brandy as much I did Honey, and coming up on two years together now, I can't imagine life without her. As the others have said, when the time is right, you will find the right dog or other animal for you, and you will give it a wonderful life. Don't feel guilty about loving another dog. Nutter wouldn't want you to be lonely and grieving for him anymore than my late husband would want me to be lonely and grieving for him. You have more than enough love in your heart for Nutter and a new fur baby.
Easy, You might not be ready for another dog....but what about those dogs/cats in shelters being ready for you? Are they "no kill" shelters? Will they ever have a home?
I wasn't replacing my Gunner....only going to take some supplies to our shelter for the cats there...and found Lucy. She is obviously a pure bred Lab, and was 5 years old....same age my Gunner was when he had to be put down. We've been together four years now and she's not Gunner....she's Lucy. And I swear she's glad to live with me.
BTW, our's is not a "no kill" shelter, but I didn't know that at that time.
BJ
posted by BJ64
over 2 years ago
