each time and each person is different, when I lost my first three I got a new puppy fairly soon, it was to hard coming home to a new house, when I lost Kirby, my last purebred yorkie I was convinced that was it, no more dogs for me, it was to hard when they leave and since he was a handful I was in some way exhausted by him. After a year I started to feel the urge again and that is when I found Lola, not sure what happened to make me start looking then but I am so glad because like others have said sometimes the timing just is right. |