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This is a rough one. I think our family dog of 12yrs is about to go to the big farm in the sky. We've lost 10 people in the last 6 months, but this is going to hit like a ton of bricks. All that repressing is probably going to come spewing out. It will hit the wife even harder.
Right, wrong, or otherwise, I've steered the wife clear of getting a second dog for the last couple of years. She looks from time to time and comments on different ones but I haven't been on board with more pets. Now I find myself wondering how long do you mourn before you say "let's go look at puppies". Part of me thinks that having a new pup around asap would help focus the attention on taking care of it, house training, etc, etc. But I hate to seem like a cold heartless bastard. And that could go either way...too soon or too slow. Him and the wife are especially close...he's by her side 24x7 (and yeah, he sleeps with us). So how long do I wait? Do I suggest looking the soonest weekend after it happens?
Right, wrong, or otherwise, I've steered the wife clear of getting a second dog for the last couple of years. She looks from time to time and comments on different ones but I haven't been on board with more pets. Now I find myself wondering how long do you mourn before you say "let's go look at puppies". Part of me thinks that having a new pup around asap would help focus the attention on taking care of it, house training, etc, etc. But I hate to seem like a cold heartless bastard. And that could go either way...too soon or too slow. Him and the wife are especially close...he's by her side 24x7 (and yeah, he sleeps with us). So how long do I wait? Do I suggest looking the soonest weekend after it happens?