Would you get another dog?

[tatsxxx11]

When my heart dog, my beloved yellow Lab Jingles left for the Bridge, a huge emptiness was left in our home. My Cody was lost without her I didn't know what to do. For weeks, I was so depressed, crying all the time, not sure what to do about ever getting another dog. My Cody would walk on the beach dunes where she and Jing would romp and just stare out at the ocean and sadly howl that Husky howl, wondering where her best friend was. Still, I couldn't begin to think of getting another dog for about a month. Then I realized that I needed something to help fill that hole in my heart, and in Cody's. And I knew I had a lifetime of love to give another doggie.

After about two months or so, my family bumped into a woman in line in a supermarket, who was talking to the checker about her just born litter of Lab puppies, born the same day, almost to the minute that Jing passed to the Bridge, Sept. 5, 1998, at 5pm. It seemed like providence. And my family knew that Cody, being a rescue from an extremely abusive situation, and very fearful of grown dogs, (other than Jing) would probably do best with a puppy as a new addition to the family. (I had never had a puppy before, only adult rescues)

My family stepped in and surprised me with Star who came home a several weeks later and it was the best thing for us; for me, my husband and for Cody With a new pup in the house, I had little time to shut myself off from the world. Oy, what work raising a healthy, well adjusted puppy is I still grieved, a lot, but my days were full and busy with the care of a new dog in the home and of course, she brought such happiness to our days. And somehow, I believed that my Jing had sent down her light, her shining spirit to this precious puppy from above; hence the name "Star." I knew that Jing approved

Star is the same color and breed as my Jing. I know some people can't bear to get another dog of the same breed, let alone same color for fear of sad remembrances; of "replacing" their lost pup. Others do the opposite and feel comfort in seeing the same familiar looking face in the same color. It's all in what your heart tells you Anna. And you know, even thought they are of the same breed, same color, there is NO comparing or confusing Jing and Star They are that different, but equally as loved and special in their very own, individual and special ways! How often I've said to Star, Jing wouldn't do THAT

There was never any doubt I would get another dog, probably a Lab or Lab mix or Retriever mix. It was all a matter of when. And when that time is right, your heart will tell you Anna. I know for sure, you and Mark and Huney and Roxey have as much love to give as any family I know Take your time and follow your heart. Love, Sandra