Staci, this is something only you can decide.
If you get this puppy, there may be moments early on where you question, 'was this the right choice?' but those moments will be fleeting. You will still miss Shai if you get another dog, and probably always miss her. 15 years from now, when this puppy has been with you it's whole life, you will look back and not regret any decision you made now. I'm trying to say that you may have questions and regrets in the beginning, when you first bring a new puppy home, but in the long run, you won't have any regrets. Does that make sense???!

I lost my cocker spaniel, my companion from the time I was ten years old, in Jan. 2000. I had always said that, when Freckles passed, I would get two dogs eventually.
I was still in mourning in late February, when Joe saw something on the local news about greyhound adoption. He said flippantly 'how about a greyhound?' I said that I wasn't ready.... but it got the wheels turning in my head. When we read a notice about an adopt-a-thon in an area pet store. Joe convinced me to go look, 'just to check it out.' I kept insisting that I wasn't ready. We went to the show, met Paula, and two hours later, it was me who nervously grabbed an application and filled it out. Let me tell you, there were lots of times over the next two weeks (while we waited for a home visit and to complete the adoption process) where I broke down and said, 'I don't know if this is right; I feel like I'm cheating on Freckles....' But I went through with it. Even after Paula came home, I still had regrets and questions. But, a year and a half later, I am so happy that we did it. We might have missed out on our Paula, and the other dogs too, if we hadn't taken the step when we did.

In retrospect, you will never regret the choice to bring home a pet, as long as you train it well and it gets along with Kylie.