We used to have 3 boy dogs until recently. 2 have crossed the rainbow bridge. Pepper was a 6 pound miniature poodle who live a full and happy life until the ripe age of 19 and his old pal Stewie was my black pug and my bestie buddy. He lived until he was 18, he went the year before Pepper and now we are down to our Papillon Benny who is 14 now. We called them the 3 amigos they were inseperable. We thought he would grieve for the other 2 but he had one for a year and then he was the only dog and he really took to being the only boy and he has spent the last year or so getting all the attention and spoiled rotten. He loves being the only dog and that makes us happy that he is happy. Other than having exactly zero teeth and being on soft food only, you cant tell he is 14 by looking at him or by the way he gets around, still very spry.