Our dog passed away of cancer in January. It was very sad and I tried to convince myself that it was OK because it was paving the way for a move to Florida. It would be very difficult to move to Florida with a dog. I thought we would wait until we got to Florida before deciding to get another dog.
However... we missed having a dog terribly. Nine months after our dog died, we looked into adopting another Labrador. Our new dog is being adopted this week! We are very happy.