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Originally Posted by Teddysmom76  I am planning to add a second dog to my family. Originally, I thought for sure it would be a puppy, but a breeder has offered me a beautiful 6 year old dog. She is so sweet looking, and beautiful, but is the same age as my Teddy. I know his might be strange for me to think about but...I feel worried thinking about having two dogs that are about the same age, because I know that means that they could pass away at a similar time, and I feel worried about if I can handle that, because it would make me feel so sad. I love this dog just from her picture, and she looks like such a sweetie, I just worry about attaching myself. Part of me wants two dogs that have more of an age gap so that I don't have to go through it all at the same time.
What do you guys think? |
Not a weird fear at all.....actually shows great insight, I think.......when I decided I wanted to own Yorkies, I bought one, then a year later, I bought another, then less than a year later, I bought 4 more that were all within a month of age. This was back in the late 70's, and I did not give a second thought to getting these adorable pups, which were all BYB products...they had all been taken good care of, and were not abused, but their breeeding/pedigrees was not a concern for the people that were raising them....and when I started loosing them to age and senior health concerns (all at ages 8-10 yrs old), it was all within 2 years....those last 4 all passed within 6 months....I thought I was going to die with them....my heart was totally crushed.....seems like all I did for 2 years was cry my heart out and bury my little dogs.....when it comes to loosing these precious little souls, I am not a strong person, it really adversely affects me, and I would not ever set myself up for such heartache again.....true, life is unpredictable, and you never know how much time you are given with your babies....but if you play out on the freeway, you greatly increase your chances of getting hit by a car....so I just dont go there!