...bearing responsibility for a life more temporary than your own is its own reward.
The joy of unconditional love received during life, outweighs the pain of separation at death.
There are so many animals worthy of a good loving home, you have to steel yourself and know that the pet's life is better because you cared enough to step up & love it.
You ought to reconsider, Bob. You could make a difference in some dog's life. A difference that will echo across all time and eternity.
Tough to do, I know, when your heart's been broken, but the unconditional love received by a master from his pet is worth the hurt.
[I]When you give a dog food, water, and shelter it believes YOU are a God!
When you give a cat food, water, and shelter, it believes[ IT is a God!/I]
A Song bird, often mistaken for a Bird of Prey!