My "best friend", a Finnish Spitz named Bjorn, turned 8 this month. As we had been planning for the past couple of years, we bought him a companion for his golden years - a female Siberian Husky puppy we named Bella. Of course, as my wife thinks she's a princess, we went to the breeder, and looked at two litters of husky pups, most of which had the typical black and white markings (which were about $700), and she goes and picks the rarest gold and white markings, with shocking blue eyes, and it costs us twice as much{eek3}. But she is a sweet dog, and follows old Bjorn around, and Bjorn and my two kids are very happy, so I guess its worth it.:smile2: