| How delightful hearing all these dog tales!
Ours passed a year ago & we've been wavering on a new one (well, I've been wavering...).
I just keep thinking how much mental/physical energy I devoted to the dog (is she hot? (big, black, furry dog--didn't like heat); is she scared? (fear of loud noises); etc.).
It's nice to give some of that energy to my human family, now (lol). Plus, instead of an abstract pattern of yellow spots on our (big) front yard, it's now so green that neighbors stop to comment (feel guilty for even thinking of this as a factor!!).
I told my local dog park friends (whom I still visit, even sans dog): getting a dog is not rational; if you did a 2 column pro/con assessment you'd never get one...it's an emotional compulsion (like having a kid).
Still wavering. |