u/Sambuzs

I'm nearly 21 and I have had my dog, a beautiful labrador, since I was 11. When he was like 3-4 years old, he was diagnosed diabetes. It's known that dog that have been diagnosed diabetes live less, so I think he has only 1 year at max left to live unfortunately. I'm thinking about it often these days, so it made me wonder 2 things.

1. When a dog passes away, even if you let 10 years pass, how can the idea of taking another dog cross your mind? In my pov it's like trying to replace it, I genuinely can't fathom it.

2. My dog has become recently (like 6-7 months) completely blind due to diabetes and, looking at him, it seems to me that he has become progressively more melancholic. Am I just overthinking it or ?