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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 5285675, member: 2500"] For [USER=1522]@superjohn[/USER], sorry to hear about your mom's cat. Just be there for her. For [USER=12414]@Hunt for 7[/USER] - I'm on my fifth dog. Aldo was my wife's first. We'd had him since he was 8 weeks old. He was my constant companion. Died at 10 due to blood cancer - after we spent several thousand to have his cancerous spleen removed (his prognosis was 6 weeks to 6 months, unfortunately it was the shorter of the two, and he died at home, which I would never, ever, recommend). My wife wouldn't think of getting another dog. Absolutely, positively against it. Then, a neighbor was going thru a separation as his wife wanted his 12-year old Aussie Shepherd gone. So he ended up with us just a few months after Aldo's passing. Wife was OK with that as it was simply a kind act of not letting an old dog go to a shelter. I never really got attached to him, but she did. He passed a couple years later. And at that point, my wife wanted to get another dog soon afterwards. So we adopted a foster dog and he's been with us almost 10 years. Him, I'm attached to just as much as I was Aldo. He's 12 now and still going strong for a big dog. So I think that if you're afraid of the pain of losing another pet, think about the love you'll be able to give (and get back) from a dog who could really use it. End of day, the love willl outweigh the pain. [/QUOTE]