70/365 pets get sad too:(

Everyone said we were crazy to get a dog since we already had a cat.  Everyone said they would fight like crazy.  They did at first.  This was Pumpkin's house he was letting Dallas know that even though he was a cat he was still the Alpha Dog.  They got better over time.  They liked to wrestle and play like most animals.  Sometimes they were too rough.  Then we would break it up.  A lot of time they would lay next to each other like in this picture.  Or they would both pick a spot on the back of the couch to watch outside.  Dallas always happily shared his food with the cat.  I didn't think Dallas would be effected by the loss of pumpkn.  But he is.  He isn't eating much.  This picture is of him sighing and looking sad.  He has

been searching the house for the cat.  He can pick up Pumpkin's smell so he goes everywhere looking for him.  He comes into the bath room and stands on his back legs to see if the cat is in the bath or on the counter.  He has been under the beds a few times, which is strange because he is scared of there. He keeps looking for the cat at meal time because Pumpkin usually sat near the dog to steal some of his food, even though he had his own food.  Dallas keeps sniffing and looking in all of Pumpkin's hiding spots.  He has even looked in the litter box a few times.  Usually if Dallas goes to the litter box, he digs something out of it.  But now he is in search of his friend, his brother Pumpkin.  It's incredible said to watch.  He doesn't understand where the cat is.  He saw the cat collapse and Mike rush the cat out of the house, but he never saw the cat come back.  We didn't let Dallas be a part of the burial/funeral for Pumpkin.  We were afraid he would try to dig Pumpkin up to save his friend.  So yes, everyone in our house is sad and missing Pumpkin.  I can't even look at the word cat without tearing up.  Gabrielle cried at school yesterday.  Mike keeps waiting for Pumpkin to follow him to the bathroom like Pumpkin did every morning.  I keep waiting for him to come cuddle.  It's a sad time in our house.  It's been suggested that we get a new cat.  I just can't.  Gabrielle said maybe one day we could get a cat but not now.  She said it would feel like we were trying to replace Pumpkin and we can't replace him.  My 6 and 1/2 year old is wise beyond her years.  I can't get a cat because I would be mad at that cat because he wouldn't be Pumpkin.  I hope one day we rescue another cat, because I'm a cat lover.  But we will need to heal and only time can do that.