My last dog was a border collie and died aged 12 years a couple of years ago and I said firmly that I would NEVER go through the heartbreak of losing a dog again so decided then not to get another.....then about a year later I started reading doggy magazines at the library and got some books on small breeds to read and then answered an ad in the local paper. We went to see Pip and fell in love with him and he came home with us. That was last August.
I love him to bits.