Y'all have my sincerest sympathies. When my family dog died it was so very devastating. So much so, I've yet to have another dog and it's been 5 years now. She was a Jack Russell named Pickles. Smart as she was, at times far more clever than I! Fiercely loyal and protective, I miss her so very much.
Luckily for us, we got Nova (our old dog) a puppy two years ago so that she could mentor the puppy in the ways of the world. She passed a lot on to her, but not so much that she's a copy of our old dog. It will be a few years before we get Luna (our young dog) a puppy to start that transfer again.
That's the way to do it. I like have critters in pairs. (Pickles had a pal too, Yahtzee. Lost him a couple years back.) My cats are in pairs. Double the fun! Ohmygosh though... puppy training, that's commitment. Lordy lou! I'm a light sleepy so that task always falls to me, I spent sooo many nights sitting on the back porch steps at 3:00am watching glow worms while Yahtzee took forever to find the perfect spot to pee. He was ridiculously picky, didn't like the dew from the grass on his stomach (kinda with him on that one), didn't like to get his feet wet (got him booties and he was dee-lighted). Good times.
Y'all have my sincerest sympathies. When my family dog died it was so very devastating. So much so, I've yet to have another dog and it's been 5 years now. She was a Jack Russell named Pickles. Smart as she was, at times far more clever than I! Fiercely loyal and protective, I miss her so very much.
Luckily for us, we got Nova (our old dog) a puppy two years ago so that she could mentor the puppy in the ways of the world. She passed a lot on to her, but not so much that she's a copy of our old dog. It will be a few years before we get Luna (our young dog) a puppy to start that transfer again.
That's the way to do it. I like have critters in pairs. (Pickles had a pal too, Yahtzee. Lost him a couple years back.) My cats are in pairs. Double the fun! Ohmygosh though... puppy training, that's commitment. Lordy lou! I'm a light sleepy so that task always falls to me, I spent sooo many nights sitting on the back porch steps at 3:00am watching glow worms while Yahtzee took forever to find the perfect spot to pee. He was ridiculously picky, didn't like the dew from the grass on his stomach (kinda with him on that one), didn't like to get his feet wet (got him booties and he was dee-lighted). Good times.
Having an adult dog helps with training a puppy, at least in our case it did.