Babs so sorry to hear about your loss. As a person almost twice your age and haveing a dog or two my whole life always. I feel your pain. Of all the dogs I have ever had I deeply greived each one of them when they went.How ever I would not trade the joy and happyness each one brought to me and my family because of the greif and agony at the end of each of there lives. Somewhere, some time, there might be another pet worthy of your time.Right now its probely never again do I want to go through all this again.Give it some time but,,,,,consider the joy and happyness a pet brings. My thoughts.