Yikes @Belladonna50  Sorry to hear about the loss of your beagle. 😢  After losing our whippet earlier this year we have recently acquired a whippet pup and his mum as having a dog is important to my husband (he mentioned them in his advance care directive) and we felt their availability was brought about by Divine intervention as available pups were not readily available at the time we were looking.   I am certainly trying to focus on the positive and am grateful that my husband whilst he has down moments has not lashed out at me.  I try to remember that anger is usually a mask for other feelings and I do try and acknowledge the emotions that both hubby & I are having and this does seem to help.     How long do you plan to stay with your Mum?     ... View more