Belinda, doubling up. Ouch. Don't over do it.
Cheryl, do you always work out for 1hr 1/2+ daily? You blow me away.
Pennie, PLB sounds good. I need to get back to that one. Our other dog's name is Breeze. She is a 7 year old Australian Shepherd. She is absolutely beautiful. Doesn't mind the best, but she's a pretty good dog most of the time.
As for another dog, I am super torn. Before the puppy we had 2 dogs. In December, the older one who was 14 died. I wanted to get another dog so the younger one who was 6 would have a playmate. Older dog had been quite a grump and dind't really like Breeze much. Dh was against it. He said we only needed 1 dog and didn't need the extra expense and aggravation when we travel. I kept throwing out hints, but was really not persuing it. For Valentines day, DH came home from work with the typical flowers and card. Then he said "that's not all. Your other present is in the laundry room." Now our laundry room comes off our garage and is where we always put the dogs when they're wet or muddy. So my mind starts to race and I think he has found some forlorn dog/puppy in the rain and will let me keep it til we found a home or something like that. So I walk to the laundry and there is this hugh stuffed dog (marked almost just like the one who died in December) and he goes "I got you a dog". I politely thanked him and went to my room to cry. My DH is quite the prankster and he just thought he was being funny. I can laugh about it now too, but at the time, it was too close to loosing the other dog, that I didn't find any humor in it. So then one day in April, we were looking at Breeze through the window and she looked so sad. I told DH, "See she needs a playmate". He responds with "Go get you your other dog" and he was serious. I figured over the next couple of weeks, I'd start looking in the paper and on the internet for godlen retriever puppies. But the very next day, dh got a call from a friend of his letting him know they had golden retriever puppies. It was like it was meant to be. So we picked out a little 4 week old puppy, made 2 more trips to see her to make sure she was the one, and then picked her up at six weeks. And the past 4 months have been filled with all the trials and tribulation of having a new puppy. All the things you forget about once your dog is grown. Good and bad, but all so worth it. Breeze did enjoy playing with the puppy, but Breeze is very submissive so Sunshine definitely took advantage of that and ran her ragged. Now that Sunshine is suddenly gone, I don't if that's a sign that we should only have 1 dog. I also don't know if I'm prepared to do it all over again so soon. I don't know if Breeze is better off by herself or with another dog. DH asked me if I wanted another one which surprised me because I figured he would be happy that we were back to one dog. Obviously Sunshine even softened his heart. So I don't know what we'll do. Probably just allow some time to heal and then decide. Maybe we'll look at an adult or maybe a nother puppy. I just don't know right now. I know they are only pets, but boy do we become attached. I know it will all work out what ever we decide.
Sorry this turned out so long. Consider it my therapy. Thanks for putting up with me. I'll try to avoid being such a downer starting tomorrow.
Jean
