So happy for you.. I understand- my weakness is for labs. Hubby cried like a baby when we had to put our Brian down-and I thought he'd divorce me when I told him I was going to start fostering labs. We became foster fails with the first dog!! And a 7 year old lab named Hunter healed my hubby's heart. We nickname him Brian2. He is my hubby's shadow- well as is our lab mix Loki. Old man TJ is all mine but he's showing his age at 14.
I know new dogs can never replace our other dogs that have passed but they make our hearts grow bigger ! Congrats on your new addition 4951