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Grieving about previous pets is a rough road to travel and everyone travels this road at different speeds.  We got a boxer pup (Gracie) when we lived in FL, and she was that 1 in a million from my point of view.  Excellent dog, boxers are family oriented, very protective of the family unit but very social dogs as well, fairly easy to train/housebreak as well.  Love to play with children but very protective of them as well.  I had to put Gracie down after 9 yrs of life with her in '05, and I was not ready for another dog 2 yrs later.  Wife got me a 2nd boxer pup (Roxie) late '07 for anniversary gift without my knowledge or asking me if I wanted another dog.  I had some initial reservations about Roxie as I compared her to Gracie, but Roxie is that 2nd in a million dog.  Different personalities to some extent, but the same basic demeanor as well.  I love their facial expressions, they can wrinkle their forehead just like humans can.  there are lots of boxer rescue groups so the cost can be quite a bit less that route.  GL in your travels.  

I've done some crazy/dumb things in the past, but just NO on this one.  No way.   I wonder how many critters were in that nest.  

Luckily I've got some shows/movies on the DVR which helps, and I just made a pot of chili made with some deer meat.  Will be interesting to see how it turns out since I used my normal chili recipe and just swapped out deer meat for the ground HB.  I've got some other projects to do but just don't really feel like doing some of them, and others require better weather than rain and a soggy yard.

I have a buddy in Hendersonville who gave me a whole deer as his freezer is full from last year and this year as well.  He usually processes his own but since he has made the same offer of a free deer to several of his friends, he takes them to Flowers Deer Processing and then whoever can pick them up.  He was kind enough to drop off and pick up mine for me and I met him at the I40/109 exit to pick up the meat.  Cost is $80 for a standard processing, but can do whatever you want done per my buddy for an upcharge.  Just passing along another option for anyone wanting to take advantage of the OP's offer.  My buddy has a similar situation in that he hunts private land, so he hunts when he can.