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Originally Posted by DBlain  |
I am rather disgusted when reading that as well... I don't mean any offense, but I really don't think you should be trying to replace a dog with another dog, like people all living beings(that includes dogs) are irreplaceable.
To try to replace one dog with another in my honest opinion/point of view is a bit off putting in the sense that if you lost someone you loved you wouldn't ever say something like that.. I mean I know people probably think it's just an animal but there's more to it than that. Yeah all yorkies tend to look alike in color, coat, etc. But each single one of them are different and unique in their own way.
Just like I wouldn't want to replace my now deceased grandmother, or even the first dog our family owned. It may sound silly, but to me family is family whether it's a human, a dog, a cat, or heck even a fish- and you don't replace family. However that is entirely my own point of view, I view that as undying loyalty I guess.
I do understand that it's not you that doesn't want a bigger dog; but maybe you can try to help him realize there is no replacement for that which is lost, it's not the same as loosing your cellphone, you can replace a cellphone as it is a possession, a tool, an item but you can't replace a living being.
However if he got a new dog, he should understand they are not the same, but just like the last he/she may and probably will come to love you just as well.
It does suck to loose a loved one, he should just keep her in his heart is all. You know, people, animals, living beings all have to die eventually; but the love you and/or they had for you does not ever die if you keep them in your heart.
Sappy I know, just a thought.