“By his way of thinking a new dog would mean he really didn’t love the one we lost.”
I think when you in mourning and hurting you look at it that way sometimes but then realize that as you say, you can love again. It’s not a replacement but a choice to experience that type of love again.
It’s funny how they’re so many things to you, your friend, your child, your protector, all in one little package of fur.
I think he was afraid of being hurt again.
But he is in love now.
Solly and Jackie thawed him right out.