I grew up always having a pet dog or two, my heart dog we had for 16 years and I still think of her often, she died of cancer in my mid 20's.

In late Jan this year, it broke my heart but we had to rehome our beautiful staffy x as DD had a rather strong allergy to her saliva. She was a very licky dog, no matter how hard we tried to get her stop, she just kept licking DD who adored her. Her reactions kept getting worse and worse, we had to keep the two constantly apart, our poor dog just wasn't getting the love and attention she deserved. We were fortunate to rehome her with a lovely family and she's doing really well.

All I can think about lately is having another dog. We have a few friends with smaller dogs, and it seems DD doesn't react to them (she didn't when we had our dog either) As our GP and vet suggested, maybe it was just our dog's saliva, not all dog saliva. We fostered a rescue for nearly a month whilst we had our dog, and no reaction to it's saliva either, just our dog. So part of my brain thinks maybe if we had a smaller/different dog..... but then I think no I shouldn't. How could I consider getting another dog? We only just rehomed our dog a few short months ago.

I am almost obsessive in keeping tabs on all the rescue dogs and shelters, ask me about any dog up for adoption in WA and I could probably quote you it's blurb, that's how much I would love to have a dog.

It's silly I know, and I don't really know the point of this post. I miss our dog, and maybe that's it. I just want her back. But I know I can't