I’m so there. Lost my beloved Border Collie/Shep. mix after adopting her nine and a half years ago. Still grieving a month later – but I haven’t not had a little doggie heartbeat in my home for 35 years and so I went and adopted a little terrier mix (she’s 4.8 pounds at 16 weeks – I sure hope she gains another four or five lbs. but it doesn’t look like she will even though rescue outfit said her parents were ten lbs.) Wanted a small(er) girl now that I’m an old lady of sixty – thinking ahead if I ever have to go into independent living – most all of the senior places accept smaller doggies. Never thought I’d get a puppy either, but even with my cracking and popping knees and achy back – getting down on the floor with her and witnessing the joy of puppy play is in a word: Priceless!!!