My husband and I made the decision to keep my Bubba with us, but that he needs a lil buddy to be with. He has had a brother almost his whole life (we got him at 3 months old...so technically he has not been without a buddy except the first three months of his life) and I want him to have a brother or sister to keep him company in the fall when my husband is working and I am teaching. So, at 1pm, we will be at an area dog pound looking at dogs. I don't want the dog to be too big, although my Bubba lived with me at my apartment with my college roomie with her pug/pitbull mix. Surprisingly, BUBBA was the boss of the 70 pound dog and sent HIM hiding when he barked.
I am not, in any way, trying to replace my furry angel. Tyke is irreplaceable. We will never find another fur baby like him. But my Bubba cannot be an only dog after always having a buddy.
My dad used to take Tyke out on the back deck with him when he would smoke a cigar and Tyke would go "hunting" (sniffing through the wooden plats on the deck) and LOVED to go out. He heard the cigar wrapper, and he was by that door whining to go out. Well, last night, my dad was out and by himself and had to come in early because he couldn't do it. He misses his "smoking buddy"
I know, in time, it'll stop. My parents returned last night from their trip and my mom saw the paw print that the animal hospital made for us from Tyke and she just held it cried. I can't even look at it without my heart feeling like it's ready to explode. We have not decided what to do with it yet. I suggested drilling a hole (it is plaster) in the top, make it an ornament and stick it on one of those ornament hooks you keep up all year, but she is afraid it might fall and break. So, we are going to decide what to do with it. We are taking his bed and putting in it a stuffed yorkie my mom got a few years back. We can't throw that bed out, and my parents can't leave it empty. Hopefully, when the time is right, they will find a dog to bring home to sleep in a bed of their own
