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Originally Posted by seastheday  I don't know when the time will be "right" for me to bring another baby into my house. All I know is that Barkley is everywhere I look. How long did it take for all of you to get over the loss of a pet?
Ronnie |
I'm still not over it. I try to avoid the threads by those who have recently lost pets cos it still starts me bawling over missing Chelsea, and it's been well over 5 years..
After Chelsea, I went three years without a yorkie. I don't know what I was thinking. I was just so sure that I could never care about another dog the way I did her. In those three years, my daughter graduated high school & went away to university, then my son did the same, and I was home alone.
During the 1st semester of my son's freshman year at uni, my kids talked to each other about getting me another dog. They decided to get me a yorkie for Christmas & went visiting breeders. Once they found a breeder they liked & explained what they wanted to do, she wouldn't go for it. The breeder didn't believe in giving animals as gifts. She requested that they talk to me about whether I wanted another dog. So they did over Christmas break & I thought about it for a few weeks. By then I was used to the complete freedom of coming & going as I wanted, and not having to be home for anyone....and I kind of enjoyed it.
Well, I took too long to think about it, and by the time I decided yes, I'd like another yorkie, all the puppies had deposits on them & were spoken for. My daughter (whose university was the closest to the breeder & so she'd visited a few times by then) was devasted. She was sitting in class when she received a voicemail. She called the breeder as she was literally walking out of class, hoping somone had backed out on a pup....no one had, but the breeder who had had her house for sale for over a year, suddenly received an offer and was faced with a quick move, so decided that she'd offer the female puppy she was keeping back for herself. That's how I got my ZoE
Seems like it was meant to be.
Hopefully, when the time is right, you'll know it and you'll find another pup that just perfect for you. It won't replace Barkley, but caring well for another pup will honor Barkley.