Hi Suzanne -
I was sorry to hear about Jonah. I'm sure Jonah had a fabulous life with you.
Putting our Dalmatian, Casey, to sleep was the hardest thing I've ever done. When he was gone it just seemed sooooooo quiet. Going to bed and waking up, and knowing he wasn't there was painful. We didn't put his things away for a while, maybe a month or so. I can totally relate about how every few minutes you think of something, like when we'd cook and a scrap would fall on floor.....and just sit there......Casey would about bowl you over if that happened - but usually catch ANYTHING in mid air. It's been a long time, and now we always crack up and laugh about all the wacky things he did, like when there were small black piles of dust everywhere - he had somehow gotten into and ate charcoal briquets! Or the time lightning struck really close to the apartment and he zoomed around like a banshee peeing all the while, everywhere.
We like to think Casey sent us our new dog, Gypsy. It was a little more than a month later. Dalmatian rescue had said they never ever had recieved puppies before and thought we'd be great candidates. When they came over to check us out and brought her, the first thing Gypsy did once inside the door was hobble over to Casey's old toybox and stand on her tippytoes and start pulling things out. Now Gypsy is 2 and we'll be thinking about you. She has her 2nd gig tomorrow, a spot in a cable TV commercial.
WildBill