Aww... Pricked my eyes with tears!
I was starting to think that I may never have another dog after Annie, my beagle. I thought gaining a similar connection with another canine would be impossible, and it was a dark, desperate fear that has truly clawed at me. Having gotten Hamlet, I see that there will never be another Annie when the time comes, but that it is possible for me to bond with extreme closeness with another animal. It warms my heart to know my love for dogs will persist.
"Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet Prince of Denmark