i wrote that post about everything you share with a dog still being there knowing how it feels to be inconsolable with small consolations even if a small consolation gets in and generates some more. and the more history you have with a dog the deeper the loss feels. and you might not be able or want to be consoled. you might want to just feel the pain. i know how you can get stuck in grief too, and how you can think you'd be curtailing it or not honoring the loss by finding a new love, and it's true there is no love quite like the one that's lost, but i think a new love allows you to grieve, and new and old are one.