My co-worker recently had to send her female sheltie to the RB at the age of 14. Brandi battled bladder cancer for almost a year and Barb fought right alongside her. She would leave work at lunch to give her her pills and to change her diaper. This was her first dog (she had always been a cat person) and she took Brandi's recent passing extremely hard.
She told us that she hoped we would understand but she wanted to look into getting another dog fairly quickly. She knew she wouldn't be able to stand coming home to an empty house each day (skin kids are grown and out of the "nest.") She also said that she wanted to get two dogs next time as she always wished Brandi had a *sibling.*
Well, she has been looking at litters and reserved two little sheltie boys. They will not be available until the middle of May but she has seen them and is smitten. She has asked all of us at work to try and come up with name suggestions. The two that she and her hubby have come up with are Ben and Jerry and Ernie and Bert.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I am so happy to see her smile again these days. So many times I would go into her office and see her with red eyes and tears. Thank you for any ideas you may have.
Edit: She has asked the breeder and others and the thinking is that it is just as easy to housebreak two as one, sort of like having human twins.
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Originally Posted by finn's mom
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