When is the right time to get a new dog after the previous one died?

Before you buy or adopt a new dog after your last one died, it’s important to be in the right emotional state and past the worst of your grief. — dpa

An empty bed, no cold snout nudging you awake in the morning, no one to excitedly greet you after a long day at work: When a dog dies, it’s not just sad, it turns your entire life upside-down.

If someone is missing having a four-legged partner in their life, then the seemingly simple solution would be to just get another dog.