<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

I lost my best friend of 12 years, [Prince] in early March this year.  Naturally, I was devastated and it took a while for me to get to where I wasn't crying everyday. 

I still miss him greatly and think about him a lot, but I think I'm at the point where I'd like to get another dog.  I'm thinking that I'd really love a puppy from the same breeder who bred Prince.  (Please, do not preach to me about buying a dog...all of my dogs have been rescues.  Prince was a rescue, he was born with a heart murmur and was going to be put down but my dad took him and gave him to me as a 10th birthday present.) 

Anyway, my concern is that I might be trying to subconsciously replace Prince.  Like, if I got this puppy, I'd always be comparing him to Prince and would never be satisfied because Prince was a wonderful dog. 

Has anyone else experienced this?  Prince was my dog for more than half my life, and all the other dogs I've gotten were always companions for him.  Now that he's gone, I just worry that I'm trying to replace him.
<bot>: I lost my 12 year old dog and now I'm worried that I'd be trying to replace him if I got a new puppy.