Jim
Allll Dogs go to heaven just remember that. Your Quigley could very well meet up with My Suki, a Silver German Shepperd. She was really my brothers dog but when he got married she became mine. She was with our family for 14 years and I was only 9 when she came into my life and was with me daily all that time. When she left me I was 22. Thats a lot of growing up together. I had to have her put down ( she broke her hips one New Years Eve by slipping on the ice)
It is a very hard thing to do.
But now she and Quigley are both pain free and Im sure theyve been provided with the why we chose to let them go.Dogs understand unconditional love a hundred times over us humans and so they just wait for us to be together again. I still have Suki with me in the deepness of my heart. I know when we reconnect with who we have lost our pups are right there in the reception line, how could it be heaven otherwise?
If you choose to get a new dog that will be ok too. I have one now that i think understands that there was another before her and I sometimes think she channels for me. Thier smarts are unbelieveble.I catch myself in a daydream of sorts where Im doing something with the old dog and when I come out of it I look at the new dog and its like she knows, like she witnessed it or something.
Its those little nuances that keep me believing. I hope your faith will help you through and your pain eventually fades to peace and a lifetime of beautiful memories
sincerly Lee