We lost our little dog Molly, well here is Tilly our new companion.......
Sorry, you lost your friend, hope your new one helps fill that hole in your heart.
It's sad that Dogs are so short lived you'd think by now,a means to slow down their maturing would have been discovered,I heard a little girl some years ago reply and said "God made them so short lived so we could have many Dogs in our lives"[agnostic.com]
Aaaaw! My mom bred American Cocker Spaniels for about two generations, mostly to get a replacement for her aging dog.
One pup was a strikingly beautiful golden colored one, who knew he was beautiful. Even as a puppy, if the camera came out, he was posing, and since he did it so well and was so photogenic, we couldn't resist.