[mike knight]

sorry for your loss. my wife and i have had to put down three dogs in our married time. all the while we were raising 5 kids. we too have lost family and friends and it is so true that the loss of our " special friends" is way harder than our rational minds are willing to accept. there are all kinds of reasons for this and i'm sure we all could expound on them but there is no doubt that the loss of our pets creates a huge hole in our existence. i couldn't bare the thought of getting another puppy but after a few years i finally gave in and we got a baby bull dog. he's our first bull dog after newfoundland (gabe),great pyrenees (bacchus) and pug (spud), his name is Bubba and he is filling the void and helping us get on with our lives. good luck to you and yours and God bless.