If you suppress the pain now. Contact your local humane society to determine if they offer grief counseling or can refer you to someone in your area who does. Another option is to write about how you feel. Greeting card companies even have a small line of sympathy cards for the loss of an animal. Whether or not you decide to adopt another companion animal is an individual choice.
Many people wait to allow a time of mourning.
For others, a new animal eases the pain of the one who is gone. While losing a companion animal is one of life's great sorrows, never having one at all is to miss out on years of loving companionship. The memory of that experience can be transformed into loving once again. The Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people who have lost a pet. Pet Loss and Human Bereavement, W.I. Kay et.