Iblong, sorry for your loss. I really am.
I'm sitting here in an orphanage in Belize and amidst the lack of both hope and humanity here, I still felt a twing of pain in reading about Ginger. Perhaps it was in watching my parents suffer the same loss of a favored pet. They almost divorced as they tried to express the pain. So I wish you the best.
Please ignore the remainder of this post for a year.
In reading about that there will never be another Ginger, I could not help but imagine that you might, someday, get another dog named Marianne. And maybe once and for all, you will be able to end the argument for us all. If this bizarre twist of fate should happen, please let us know in 10 years.
Wishing you the best in your loss,
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