Dave,
I just found your post and read it all the way thru. I'm so sorry for your loss of Cody. In your later posts, it sounds like you're slowly finding your "way back".
I was with my son when he had to have a beloved pet put to sleep. He's a big strapping guy and he cried like a baby when Buddy left him. He cuddled his body and we brought him to my house from the ER vet at 3:00 in the morning and buried him beside the pond in my backyard.
My son grieved until he was nearly ill and a week to the day later he found his 11 year old min pin dead. She had grieved herself to death, refusing to eat because she missed Buddy. She is now buried beside him in my backyard.
We were looking for something to mark their graves, too. I found a little statue online that looks like a stone. It has a fairy on top with this verse on it: Death leaves a heartache no one can heal
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
This is what my son has chosen.
When you find the right thing, you'll know it. In the meantime, take care of yourself and give yourself plenty of time to heal.
I hope in the future you'll consider another yorkie. They are such special little creatures. I know Cody can never be replaced and you wouldn't even try to replace him. But the human heart is a wonderful thing - it has a capacity for love that isn't replicated in any other species.
Cody knew he was loved and you sound like you have so much love to offer a pet.
Take care,
Kim, Lucy, and Rebel
__________________ Kim , Rebel ,and baby Dixie 
RIP my sweet Lucy |