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Originally Posted by kennyc
Forklift sound like a handy thing to have around with those dogs.
I'm about ready for a new companion. I lost my German Shepherd mix to cancer last November.
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Ahh, sorry. It kicks like a mule, right in the heart, doesn't it?
I lost my Monty near three years ago to nasal cancer. I wasn't ready for Oscar, who was a rescue, but a few weeks after Monty died, when the rescue coordinator asked (because I was the only person she knew well enough in the area with Airedale experience) if I could check on this 8yo Sydney Airedale someone wanted to give up as a handful ...well, he ended up coming home with us. He wasn't a handful; he was and is a big, loving, hugging armful.
Monty will always be my "heart dog". Oscar doesn't replace, and who'd want a new dog to do that anyway?
He is, however, like them all: a whole new personality that gives way way more of his unique self than it seems us humans can ever give back (even those of us who try so hard to, hey?
). That he came when I needed it, for multiple reasons, is just serendipity to be thankful for.
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Originally Posted by Slite
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And I also want a third goggie... But currently that is not an option really. I need to win the lottery, buy my farm in the country and quit working first |
We've said we'll wait. We want to do some national and international travel, and we know we won't while we have the dogs. When inevitability opens that window (Airedales live average 12 years), we'll use it for a bit (maybe just 6-12 months), and then we'll bring dogs back into our lives. Then, maybe three.
[insert something to do with what pilotbob should read next...maybe a Cesar Milan book or similar 
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Cheers,
Marc