H and I have separated and he has my beloved Eric although he comes for visits and I have him when H needs me to. But I miss him 
, I miss the daily walks, I miss him by my feet, I miss having him to talk to and I think it will be worse when dd is back at school and really there is a huge dog shaped hole in my life and in this house.
Eric is a lovely sociable animal and so I think he'd be fine about having company when he is here and I'd want a small dog so could walk the two together as Eric is a dream to walk and would hope the second one would get there as well eventually.
I wouldn't want a puppy as I really didn't enjoy the puppy times and feel more confident that I could manage a rescue now anyway and the house and garden is dog proof so what do you think? Should I wait a bit and see if I get used to having Eric part time or should I fill the gap and start looking at rescues now do you think?