Just checked the computer again...thought you would be interested in the last two dogs I had.
Have you dealt with Shelties? The first was sable and white with tiny touches of black. Sweetest thing in the world...we loved her so but of course they do die and ours did. You will be surprised to know her name was Dolly. Because she was just such a doll when a pup. A while after her death, we wanted another one and got a black and white Sheltie. Another precious dog...Her name was Cagney...She lived 11 years and when she died not too long before my husband, we cried for days and days. Didn’t know if we would ever recover and since then, I haven’t had another as it just hurts too bad when they go.
But during our lifetime, we have had lots of dogs, cats, parakeets, rabbits, ducks,gerbils, fish, turtles. When you raise two boys, we probably had pets we didn’t know about! ~~LOL~~ Nite Dolly, see ya tomorrow!
I never had a sheltie but fell in love with one on my honeymoon & said if I ever had a dog that is what i wanted.
Bob & I had a few weeks in Ontario.. up in the Muskoka lakes area .. one of the areas we had a huge aframe (like 6 bedrooms) to ourself.
another family in another of the rentals had a sheltie & I love the way it played & hopped like a kangaroo..
keep yourself open to another stray/rescue.. It might not be a sheltie but it will give you love & you will help provide comfort to a pet in need.
Yes, it is hard when they die.. as hard as that is, I worry perhaps more about if I die first... what would become of them(yes I do have arrangemetns but...)