Mark,
Count my condolences as well. Non-animals will never quite get it, but those of us among your 'Porsche family' do. This may sound a bit existential or something, but an old man told me whan I was a young boy and had lost my dog that 'if you love an animal hard enough, God will grant that animal a soul and he'll be waiting for you...' True or not, I've always thought this belief to be rather comforting, don't you agree?
Ryan