We adopted two Labrador-Australian Shepherd puppies today: Maizie and Jack. They're five weeks old, so they will have to wait to come home with us until they're eight weeks.
Which is good. I need the three weeks to prepare, both emotionally and in practical terms. These are beautiful dogs and I know that I will bond with them. But I miss my bear. And there is guilt. I know we're doing the right thing, but there is guilt. He's not being replaced -- he never could be. But -- there is guilt.
But I do think he's saying: "Go for it." And I thank him for it.
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I'm pretty sure that Oliver will be watching with great amusement as you face a whole new gamut of challenges with these two pretty puppies. It's a new chapter in a book that has a lot of emotion in it.
I gotta say, I keep your comments as reminders ... all good ones!
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