After I was a married and moved out, I took our family chihuahua to be put to sleep for my Dad (my mom had died two years before and he couldn't bring himself to take Tinker ). The next day I took Bob and put him in Daddy's back yard (while he was at work) asking him to keep him for me, that I was going to get kicked out of my apartment for getting him. Dad thought he didn't have enough time for a puppy, but he lived all alone, so I knew he needed another dog. He'd ALWAYS had dogs. He didn't call me for a week, and when he did he simply said thank you and you can't have him back.

We put our RB westie to sleep on January 18th (two days before our anniversary) and got Chester on on January 31st.

To be honest, I didn't feel it would be fair to get another westie. I felt I would always be comparing him/her to Stolly. Of course now that the pain isn't so fresh, I want a westie again someday. After Chester, I'll need a different breed (maybe that westie), but I'll have a Toy Fox Terrier again eventually.

It's a very personal decision and a difficult one to make. I obviously would be able to love a TFT immediately after losing Ches, and would have loved a westie after Stolly, but for my own reasons I needed a different breed for a bit, but I still would get another dog.

Hope that makes sense.