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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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:369262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
