Is Candy missing his dog again?

During part 4 one scene particularly stood out to me. When, "Candy cried, 'sure they all want it. Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Ju's somethin'' that was his. Somethin'he could live on and there couldn't nobody throw him off of it. I never had that..." I think that is part of the reason why Candy wants in on the ranch so badly. I believe that he wants something that is his. Something that he can look at at the end of the day and know that it is his and no one can take it away from him. I think part of these feelings are because of his dog. His dog was the one thing he had that no one could take away, but he succumbed to the peer pressure and let Carlson shoot it. In my opinion, Candy wants to move to the ranch with Lennie and George as soon as possible. I think he views the ranch as a happy and carefree place with no reminders off his dog, his best friend.