Rick, first off Thank you for sharing, and hopefully you will get some great feedback from these posts, as our PNW group say, we're here for each other. Ditto, to everything said by one of my best friends (EM-0785). As he stated he has friends that are 10-20+years older then him (Me being one of them). We have a friend that will meet our maker, before either of us will, and I've learned (Not just life lesson's) but how to live life to the fullest every day, though him. We are 3-peas-in-a-pod (We joke it take's all three of us to make one good person
), and contact each other almost every day, about what's going on with our life's (Cobras are rarely mentioned, anymore, but that what started these friendship's). To me this what life is all about, Friends & Family, in the end that's all we have. I too lost my Boy (Mr. Bean, my Bassett Hound) 6-years ago, and still hurts like it was yesterday, the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Dog people are a special breed
Your choice in the end will be the right one, Cheers Tom.