thats great news! i would still op for farm excuse when needed. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:56 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's been a roller coaster. After last week when she wasn't feeling that > great and we got the xray and the diagnosis, to this weekend where she was > running around and looking like her old self. I told the kids she was sick > and would be going soon to doggie heaven, so they've been asking > periodically about it. > > But as of right now, she's apparently not in any pain and doing fine....so > I'm just kind of in a wait and see mode. THe kids are paying more attention > to her, and asking when she's going away.....and my answer is I honestly > don't know. > > *sigh* > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> not sure if you have already dealt with this, but my advice is to tell >> them. I assume the animal is sick? I had to do this with a cat my >> daughter found that had been hit by a car when she was ten. Basically >> I said that she did a good thing by saving it a lot of pain and she >> should be glad it died knowing that somebody cared about it. Dealt >> with this again a few years ago with a very beloved pet that developed >> cancer, but this time she was twenty and it was a family consensus >> that life had stopped being fun for the puppy dog. >> >> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:36 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > So we have to put our dog down. My son is 4 and daughter 2, both just a >> few >> > months from turning 5 and 3. >> > >> > Should i tell them before I take the dog in, and explain that she won't >> be >> > coming back...so that they can say a goodbye? Would they feel >> overwhelming >> > sadness? I'm ok with them feeling sad that she's going away, but i don't >> > want them to be emotionally wrecked. >> > >> > I think the 2 year old is probably young enough to just move on, but Ben >> > will definitely know that he's going to lose his pet forever. >> > >> > I dunno...anyone had to deal with this at a similar age for their kids? >> > >> > I'm thinking I should either: >> > >> > 1) Tell them the day before i'm taking her in that she's leaving for good >> > tomorrow, and they should say goodbye...then just answering their >> questions >> > honestly afterwards or >> > 2) Not telling them before hand, and waiting until they ask where the dog >> > is before explaining why she had to go away. >> > >> > Advice? >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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