Unless you have had an animal companion for years it’s hard to feel the weight of the loss…..our Bailey snuffed it after 14 years loyal service and I said never again, in fact it was in this post, anyway, long story short -
I bought another hound and while I was there his brother was in the Penn, Sold - I was glad because I would have been troubled to pick which one to take home.
So I took Gizmo home, then I got a call from the breeder who said the sale had fallen through on Gizmos brother, do you want him?
So I went back and bought him as well, not bad when I said I wouldn’t have another pooch again.
They are an absolute nightmare - they have chewed my furniture, chewed every cable behind the TV, they like to Skydive off the back of the couch, one gets car sick and the other eats it, they fight for two 30min session every day and their Pooh’s are bigger than mine.

And to top it all off they perform several pages of the Karma Sutra on each other, usually when we have visitors with children.
Other than that, they are great.
Edited to add…..they chewed the bottom of the vertical blinds - the plastic beaded chain and weights, my wife said that could make them sick we will have to do something about it, to which I replied Yes.
I thought she would buy new blinds but no, she has bought new patio doors with INTEGRAL blinds brilliant idea, until I saw the quote FFS.