Man, I feel needy on this board...
I completely understand.... but you ARE needy right now. It's SO hard getting over losing a dog like Barkley! When I lost Otis, it was as though somebody ripped my still-beating heart right out of my chest. I had NO idea that losing him would hurt SO bad. I still get teary when I think of him and he's been gone 2 years last St. Patrick's Day. There are just some dogs who connect straight through to the aorta...and there's no getting free. I adore Chester and Cowboy, please don't doubt that, but as a good friend said, you just don't replace a 'heart dog'. She was right. From what I've read on this thread and others like it, we've all been there. Time eases the pain, a new puppy is a GREAT bandaid, but you've still got the Barkley scar. And it's okay! He was loved; a part of your family and your life! You don't lose that and get over it in a day, a week; or two years!!! I cried harder for you losing Barkley than I've cried in a long time....that was the effect he had on me..and we've never met!!!
