Replacing the dog in a million.

[kingrollo]

Not content with a herniated disc (un real pain) and a heart attack - our much loved Dog suddenly passed away unexpectedly aged 15 - puts the cap on a quite frankly awful 2025.

Said dog was an absolute delight - loved to play - loved to chase balls - but as well as this he was the perfect house dog. Very quiet - no mad fits of barking when the doorbell rang. Fine with strangers and other dogs. He was perfect.

Anyway in due course - I would like another. Mrs KR not keen - as she feels no dog could follow the one that has sadly departed. Although I agree - I still want another dog ....

Puppy or rescue - any thoughts ?

 

[Drago]

Been there fairly recently.

When my boy Lemmy passed away I thought I could never "replace" him, and I haven't. Bruce is a totally different soul, but equally loyal and loving.

I'll nefer forget my Lemmy and will always love him but now I love Bruce too, and soon we'll have a 2nd Lab to love as well. You can love more than one child, and so itmis with dogs.

Personally I always go for puppies and train them exactly how to behave. I wouldn't risk a rescue dog around my young Grandchildren, you just never know what hidden triggers might set them off and cause a problem. However, when the boys are older id happily consider a rescue Lab.

 

[si_c]

Puppy or rescue - any thoughts ?

I would go rescue, you can't replace a dog, especially one you had for so long, but as @Drago said you can have another one. There are always older dogs up for adoption, I would take one in a heartbeat but for the elderly cat I live with who struggles to cope with acceptance of change.

 

[Drago]

the elderly cat I live with who struggles to cope with acceptance of change.

The cat says the same about you!

 

[si_c]

The cat says the same about you!

Sure does

 

[Webbo2]

We have had Bertie our Cocker Spaniel puppy now for 2 weeks. We have always had cats but now live on a busy road so they are out of the question. We did have my daughters 2 dogs for a year while she was out in Brunei.
Mrs W looked at getting a rescue dog but they often seemed to come with a history that somehow didn’t sound right. So we went for Bertie and now after 2 weeks with wrecked garden and house we should have gone rescue.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mrs W just said to young Bertie who is having a mad moment. “ Do you want to end up in the Kitchen on your own”🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Jameshow]

Rehomed a border collie / jack Russell cross.
Lovely dog! A few issues but already a loyal freind.
Off lead great and good with humans. (Been a house dog😥)
Not so good with other dogs and cars.

 

[kingrollo]

We have had Bertie our Cocker Spaniel puppy now for 2 weeks. We have always had cats but now live on a busy road so they are out of the question. We did have my daughters 2 dogs for a year while she was out in Brunei.
Mrs W looked at getting a rescue dog but they often seemed to come with a history that somehow didn’t sound right. So we went for Bertie and now after 2 weeks with wrecked garden and house we should have gone rescue.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mrs W just said to young Bertie who is having a mad moment. “ Do you want to end up in the Kitchen on your own”🤷🏼‍♂️

Brilliant!!!!!

 

[kingrollo]

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Rehomed a border collie / jack Russell cross.
Lovely dog! A few issues but already a loyal freind.
Off lead great and good with humans. (Been a house dog😥)
Not so good with other dogs and cars.

Yeah mine was rescue jack russell border cross .
He was the most un jack russell - jack russell - he hardly ever barked !!!

He loved his tennis balls - no matter how tired - I would throw the ball - and he would always chase it .

Just before he was PTS - I placed a tennis ball by his mouth and with on his last breaths - he gripped it in his mouth

 

[Jameshow]

Yeah mine was rescue jack russell border cross .
He was the most un jack russell - jack russell - he hardly ever barked !!!

He loved his tennis balls - no matter how tired - I would throw the ball - and he would always chase it .

Just before he was PTS - I placed a tennis ball by his mouth and with on his last breaths - he gripped it in his mouth

Wow what are the chances of that!🤔

Lovely dogs different to to the usual BC or JR...

 

[Psamathe]

Sorry to hear such terrible news.

When I lost (put to sleep due to illness) my last dog I was soon on the internet looking on breeders' sites. But then I realised I was looking to get her back so stopped and decided I needed a good gap to get over her loss and into a place where a new dog would be who they were not to get back to my last dog and not to be compared to her.

It’s unbelievably hard or was for me to the point I'm still unsure about getting another as I will inevitably be facing loss again in the future.

 

[Webbo2]

What I didn’t mention was that when we lost our last cat Smartie. We said we wouldn’t have any more pets as the loss is pretty unbearable and we wouldn’t be tied down by having to organise your life round them.
3 years on and there was something missing from our lives.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

What I didn’t mention was that when we lost our last cat Smartie. We said we wouldn’t have any more pets as the loss is pretty unbearable and we wouldn’t be tied down by having to organise your life round them.
3 years on and there was something missing from our lives.

I think we all say that and then at some point.....🐱🐶

 

[Salad Dodger]

1) Sorry to hear about your dog. Its the worst part of having a dog, when he/she goes.

2) We had a lovely dog, and when he took his last trip to the vet we decided we would not get another one, as it couldnt measure up to him. I dont regret that decision. But now, 15 years on, we do occasionally "dog sit" for a couple of friends, and I enjoy having a dog around for a few days, but I try to avoid comparing those dogs to our old one..... I dont see us ever going back to having a dog of our own.

3) Ours came from a rescue kennel. He was a right mixture, and was about 1 year when we got him. He seemed not to have been introduced to things like traffic, horses, beaches or rivers/lakes, but we took him to training classes and he settled really well. If we were ever to get another dog of our own, I think I would go to a rescue kennel as first port of call.

 

[robjh]

We lasted four days after losing our old dog 14 years ago. We had also just moved to a new area, I was working away from home, and my wife contacted a nearby animal refuge to see if they had a dog that needed fostering temporarily. The idea was to give us a breathing space while we grieved before deciding on another dog (or not), but in the meantime we would enjoy having one in the house but without a long-term commitment. Well, that didn't work out. They gave us a gorgeous 6-month old puppy to foster, and after she was rejected as too big and bouncy by another family, she came back to us, we applied and kept her.
It didn't stop us grieving for our old dog, but that was tempered by the delight of having a new puppy - but each dog is unique, one does not simply 'replace' another. That lovely puppy is now a stately old girl of 14½, and sadly we are starting to prepare ourselves for the time when that process begins again.