Well, I decided that I needed to fill the silence in my house, so while I will never replace Scruff, I can share her space with another dog. I found this chunky little lab mix on a shelter web page about an hour away, and brought him home about an hour ago. He is going to work out just fine. Just from what I saw at the shelter to here he is already understanding he is home now.

So, the chunky 45 pound lab mix is now named Chunk and is sleeping under my desk as we speak.