Kinda. We loved him to bits but he was a pain as well in some ways. He took up loads of room on the sofa (and bed if you let him), Slobbered everywhere - we've had to get slobber off the ceiling a few times! Barked amazingly loudly at the postman/dustman/anyone wearing a baseball hat. Would eat out of the kitchen bin the moment you turned your back. Made huge piles of dog crap in the garden. Dug holes in the lawn all the time. etc etc - but he was great. He was lovable though, just a big baby realy.
Yeah, I suppose you'll know when you're ready for another.
I like most dogs. Don't want anything small and yappy though.
Danes, Boxers, Ridgebacks, things like that are great. I love Rotweillers but I wouldn't have one, even before the events of the last few days, because of their image problem.