I certainly don't think any of you should worry about loving your dogs too much. Just enjoy the very, very special relationship that you have. It is something that is priceless and that you will remember for the rest of your lives. Pam just sent an email which included ..

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away." Loving your dog has a lot of those moments. Enjoy them.

As Staci learned and as so many of the rest of us have learned, that somehow we do survive even the unimaginable horror of losing our closest partner. And somehow the resources are buried deep down inside us to get through it and to love again. Don't think about it as you really can't conceive how, but you do.

I feel so close to all of you because everything that has been said in these posts, I agree with, have lived, and understand. You are all just the best in my book.