You are definitely not alone luckies4me. I often think of my Peaches. She was a very special little girl She instinctively knew how to behave in any situation. She was amazing. She was so much smarter than me, and she was sometimes impatient when I was slow to catch on to a situation. It's funny, she was a year old when she came to live with me, and then there was a period of adjustment while we tried to figure out who was in charge (turns out she was-who would have thought ) But all of that was quickly forgotten as she learned to read my mind (I never learned to read her's) and anticipate what it was I wanted her to do. She was definitely the best dog in the world for me. And yes I do still think about her, and I miss her very much. The dog I have now is wonderful, and I love being with her and doing things with her. But she is very different than Peaches, which is probably a good thing for both of us. Ginger could never be able to fill Peaches' pawprints, but fortunately she has chosen to take a different path, so she won't have to try