@caricature Alfie is gorgeous. They do change your life don’t they?
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No idea what he is, defo Collie cross.
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Yes they do.
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Do you not have one now ?
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@Tiffany Aw Tiffany 
doesn’t it make you feel sad looking at lost friends…
They all have such different personalities don’t they…
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@caricature I am pleased to learn Alfie settled in so well, he looks a gentle soul and very happy. 
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No, Brandy was our last dog. She was 16 & had a stroke so we had to have her put down, sad day.
Yes they did, in a way it does, but they all had lovely, long & happy lives & I have the photo’s, proper ones. 
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Pleased to hear Alfie has settled in well, Caricature… 
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Not going to get another ?
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No, too late now, I am too old.
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Away with you, you’ve managed new technology so a dog !!! maybe a rescue one.
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Still too old, would have got one years ago, but our lifestyle wouldn’t have been fair on a dog.
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@Tiffany Tiff I have agonised over what to do when Chloe goes, she is almost 14.
I can’t be without a dog
I have looked at old rescue dogs, there is a rescue near me who welcomes older people and I have made provision with my son to take care of my dog when I am not around he has a menagerie of children and pets all running wild .
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Fair dues.
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We spent, [or did before Covid], lots of time away from home at fairs, which is why no dog or any animals since the kids grew up. Now no rescue centre would let us have a dog as our very large garden is not dog friendly, no proper fencing on two sides & a dog could easily get out. Cost too much to fence it properly as well.
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@Tiffany
That is a shame Tiff, the rescues are so short of people to take old or ‘difficult’ dogs.
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Such great dogs, all of them! There’ve been several labradors and retrievers in our family, and one Dalmatian - that was our first dog. What a nutter she was, but so lovable! I used to miss having a dog of our own, but have got used to it now - the last one died in 2001. Both our children have a dog, and we get to see them regularly - my daughter’s black lab spends time with us while she’s at work, so we get our dog ‘fix’ without the associated costs 
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