Sorry about the loss of your nemesis. Get the Siamese and teach it to fetch, sit and roll over, just get some good earplugs. Then you can work on getting the dog.

My wife was really, really scared of German Shepherds, then we got a cute little puppy at the local shelter that just happened to grow into a German Shepherd ( ). She loved that dog so much that when the time came we got us another one to keep the kids company.

- Eric