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 <[email protected]> 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? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
