[Yet_Again]

How many happy, healthy puppies can you buy for $19,000?

People who aren't dog people don't understand. It's not just a "a dog", it's "your dog" that you bond to. You understand their personality quirks like they understand yours. Simply getting "another dog" is never the solution. It may be in time, but not in the short run.

[miss marmelstein]

I’m a huge dog person - I just took home a little dog from the ASPCA that is 11 years old and has health problems. She’s a darling. But since my dogs shake with fear and horror when I take them to the GROOMERS, for God’s sake, I would not have the heart to put them through chemo or more than a few doctor appointments. We just let our beautiful lab go at 12. We could have had him operated on but we opted not to put him through such a trauma.

Just me, of course.