I'm in east London am am willing to travel. How far is Cambridge though?! Trouble is, I'm not back from holiday until late august so wanted to get a puppy then so we could do lots of socialising together in the early days.
Will still look into how far away your friend is though as it is an option.
I had a dream last night that we got a puppy. We were trying to think of a name for it and came up with Snowy, Honey or Smithy. When I told DH this morning, he said no to all 3 names but no mention of no to another puppy! So, it's definite, we are going to get one. I think that makes me happy. Of course I'd happily have moby back bit I know that can not happen so we need to look towards the future.
Elmofan, I know exactly how you feel about getting oscar neutered. Despite what happened to moby being very, very rare, it still happened and broke all of our hearts. We aren't totally over it and whether he was neutered or not, moby was going to die young. It's a very small blessing that it happened while he was at the vets and not with me and DC. If he could have been saved, the vet would have saved him. It just wasn't meant to be.
I'd hate anyone else to lose a dog in the same way, but I'd also hate a dog to suffer because he wasn't neutered. People will need to research it carefully before reaching a decision rather than think if moby and rule out neutering. I totally understand both views and would never judge eitherway.
I thought my profile was public, not sure though. If anyone wants to add me on fb, email me kt8cs5(at)yahoo.co.uk and I'll give my details there. We have a moby album on there!