Greg I am so sorry for your loss like I said before I have been there when I lost my Dalmatian, and IT does really hurt what helped me was after a few weeks I went to a shelter and recued a small black lab. I know it will not replace the love you had
for pepper but for me it helped because It fealt good to help a recued dog it was like he needed me
Trust me I KNOW the pain and all most lived it again with my sheltie. this was on another post
I have a Sheltie and a rescue black lab the lab I have had for three years now and every time it rains he get really upset have been working on that and I am NOT giving up on him then I have my baby the sheltie
Shelties are very smart When I first t got her she would not come to me then I had my accident at work which Now I am on disability and now she will not leave my side and late at night some time I am in a lot of pain she some how knows I can be in bed and in pain when she will give me a little kiss as to say she is here for me I have had other dogs in my life but shelties are special and very lovable dogs and this dog has melted my heart
The only problem with shelties is they are barkers and loud I all most lost her
This past March she got some kind of infection and needed surgery when they opened her up a girl for the hospitable called me and said she was not going to make it
IT was like here we go again I lost my Dalmatian, and now my sheltie It felt like having your heart pull out of you she loved me so much and has all ways been here for me a 1/2 hour later the surgeon called me and told me what happen and that she was NOW in recovery and gave her 85 % chance to make it though the night when I asked him what the girl told me he said that He has a habit to pushing the envelop and he was 98% sure he got all the poison out of her system
well that was nine months ago and she is doing great she is here with me as I am typing this and she still worries about me like I said she is always by my side no matter what room I am in She did cost me a lot of money but I love her to much not to try to save her funny thing is when I was young I was not in to dogs but this little sheltie melted my heart
here she is tonight nine months later
