[Tony Radford]

I'm down here in Boquete, Panama on a family vacation, but I'm having a real hard time shaking the heavy heart I feel from Gus being gone. I've known for years that I would dread this moment and I was really right (guess I set it up that way). I've filled out an application with the Miniature Pinscher Rescue to get another minpin. I found one that looks exactly like Gus when he was a year old and it gives me some comfort when I look at that picture. It flashes me back to the days when Gus was an active little dog and how much fun we used to have with him. I think I'm going to get two this time. I was going to wait, and even considered not getting another dog. But the hole he left just keeps getting bigger. Coming home to a quiet, empty house is gut wrenching to me.