Allan, I am proud of you. You got things on track. I still have too much sorrow to over come, but someday I will follow in your footsteps. Good luck with the lab. They are great workdogs and are never mean.

dave54

Allen,
Good luck with the Lab puppy!
Zack would be glad that your able to share the love he knew.
Gizmo has helped me with the loss of Duke. But I know I'll always love Duke first. But I'm glad God sent me another yorkie to love.
Let me know if you need to talk.

Allen,

I'm so happy to hear your news on the little Lab girl! I know Zack had his little paws in on leading you to her. I do hope you will post pictures of this new baby and share her with us!

You will forever be a part of Yorkie Talk so you better not disappear on us! Your new baby will be a the Labrador Embassador to Yorkies at Yorkie Talk!

Congratulations

I'm very happy for you. Zack will forever be a part of your life and will live in your heart and memory until you are reunited again in Heaven.

Corinne

Thanks everyone. I certainly will not abandon YorkieTalk and I will post pictures of the new puppy as soon as she comes home! Right now, we are likely going to pick her up on August 2 (so we still have some time). I will add that I do have conflicting feelings right now. On the one hand, I am so excited about getting a new dog. I have been so upset since Zack died and the house has been so quiet, but like I said earlier, I do feel a bit like a traitor to Zack. Also, Zack was the least amount of work imaginable. He was paper trained; he virtually never barked; he did not shed; he had a great demeaner; he was always happy; etc... And the lab will have to be walked mulitple times a day; will shed a lot; will likely bark; etc...

But, it is time for a new puppy, and like I said, we could not get another Yorkie. Zack will always be my first dog. He showed me how great Yorkies are (and dogs in general). I never knew that I could be so attached to a 4.5 pound bundle of energy or that I could be so devasted by his loss. I know that Zackie would understand about our getting a new puppy and I talk to him all the time about his new sister and the like.

-Allan

That's SO great, Allan. Congratulations on the new baby!

You are not a traitor to Zack, nor could you ever be. Zack would be devastated to know how sad and lonely you have been. None of our babies ever would want that! Which is why I think he paused at the Bridge long enough to hook you up with the new baby... he was just waiting for your cue.

i am just seeing this ... i am so sorry for your lost i hope you are doing better

Allan~ I know that you'll find that once you get your new baby home, you'll think it was the BEST thing you ever did! I felt the same way when I first got Max after my bird died. My birds were my babies. I'd had them forever...well 20 years for the first one. And I wasn't sure that I was ready for any new pet, but it's so amazing the positive energy that a new puppy brings to you. And I realized that my birds always knew how much I loved them, and that getting a new pet wasn't disrecting them at all; it was a totally different love for Max than I had for them. The love I shared with them was THEIRS....and all theirs and nothing can ever change that. I love Max more than anything too, and I seriously don't know what I'd do if I didnt' have him, especially in the several months after losing my birds. You can't imagine loving something so much again, but it just happens, and I know it will happen to you too! I will never get over losing my birds, and I'll always think about them and love them, but there's a lot to love and a lot of love to be had, so how can anyone lose? Good luck with your new baby; a lab is such a sweet and loving and joyful dog!

Hello again Allan,

I'm so glad to hear you are doing better now, we lost our yorkies around the same time so i have followed your story and understand everything you say you feel.
I too am getting a new puppy... (another yorkie) i haven't actually picked one out yet as i am waiting for litters to be born..but i hope it will be soon..i feel ready now..but like you, i feel guilty for even thinking of getting another. I know i have to move on and look to the future.but its still hard sometimes, i also worry that i won't feel the same about another dog...silly i know...it's just that i knew Heidi so well...after all..she was my constant companion for 14 yrs.

Keep in touch please and let me know how you get on and i look forward to seeing pictures of your new puppy soon!

Kerry xx

I have posted pictures of my Heidi now on my RIP thread. :) x

Allen, Just thinking of you today.
Know that you have helped me through the loss of Duke also.
Dawn

Allen,
You are in our thoughts and prayers. Congratulations on your new puppy. I can't wait to see the pictures!!

After I lost my Brutus in February, I was also devastated. He was also loved by everyone around him - easy, no trouble. I only waited 32 days before I got another puppy, Maxwell. Even though he's another yorkie, he might as well be a lab, because he is the opposite of Brutus. He is a retriever, which my husband loves about him. (Brutus was more like a cuddly cat). This one is athletic, energetic and we love him. He didn't replace Brutus, just helped fill the whole in our lives that was left. I wish you happiness with your new puppy, too. I thought about you alot after I first read your post - glad I checked back to read the good news.

Congratulations on the new pup! I'm so sorry about Zack.

Hi everyone.... Attached is a picture of our new puppy. Actually, it is a picture of our new puppy together with two of her sisters. (We are not sure yet which is ours. All three are female, but we are getting one of the two yellows.) They are all still at the breeder (for another 2.5 weeks). The breeder has been raising the puppies in her house, but took them outside to her fenced in puppy area for them to play a little bit!

Once we bring her home, I will be taking tons of pictures. I still regret not having taken enough of my little Zackie.

Allan

Awwww how cute!! That little face in the back looks so adorable!! Do you have a name picked out for your little girl??

Dawn