Oddly, this article was forwarded to me only minutes ago.. and I immediately thought of you radio flyer. It is really funny.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news...massive_recall

I had to recently put my 12 year old Jack Russell Terrier to sleep due to cancer. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do. Less than a month later, my husband came home with a new JRT puppy. Adorable as he was, I was in the same frame of mind; and to this day; I am *always* comparing Simon to my little old dog. In fact, it did take me a while to let him grow on me. He still drives me insane, and he obviously won't be the good dog my Eds was, but I have developed a place for the little brat in my heart; even if he is a destructive, cat-poop eating jerk.

I never had to crate my old dog during the day like I do to Simon, and he's hyper, and not as snuggly and loving as Eds was. He likes my husband more, so I don't really have a dog any more--and there's no dog behind my knees at night any more; they both sleep on hubby.

He's a punk, and I love him anyway. It took me a while.

I still miss Eds so much. I didn't know what a great dog I had until I lost him.