They do eventually.

not if you loved your pet they don't

New pets make it easier to go on, that's all I'm saying. It doesn't mean the new pet will replace the memories of the old pet.

ROFL

You asshole.
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a 17 year old cat of my parents crawled into a sewer yesterday. I hope he died immediately and he's not starving to death in the cold, because my parents didn't try to get him out. He was originally my cat but he outlived my stay

sorry dude. that sucks.

wont' be easy, that's for sure. Hopefully everythign goes as well as it 'can' given the situation.

Lots of people have already said what is right. Just tell them about what happened and explain it's the normal cycle of life.

With that said DO NOT get a new puppy until the grief has fully subsided because the new puppy will develop some bad character traits coming into a home with no pack leadership because everyone will be grieving and doting over the new puppy. Make sure and give everyone proper time to grieve and wait until that is over before getting a new dog.

Sorry to hear that T.E. Be upfront and tell them.

Do not listen to the infidel; get a new dog.:p

Whenever my schanuzer died, I was here in CoMo and my dad was in KC.

He called me out of the blue...which i didnt think was normal, he didn't sound right. I knew already what had happened. But he was afraid to tell me, and just made up something as to why he called me. I was going on a date that night.....so I guess he didn't want to put me in a bad mood.

The next day he called me, crying saying sorry he lied to me and said that he put Sparky to sleep. once he called me I started tearing up because I already knew what it was about. It's one of them things where you just know or have a feeling. I was pissed at him.....I was only an hour 1/2 away, I wish he would have told me he was going to do it and I would have driven back to KC to go with him. Oh well.

Im sorry! It sucks losing a pet. I hope she didn't suffer too much. Good luck to you and your family and I hope, however you tell the kids goes according to plan.

I agree with this having experienced it both ways. A quick replacement leads to expectations of similarity and isn't fair to the new dog or respectful of the old.

I don't think anybody is advocating getting a new dog immediately, but I think you should do it fairly soon. IMO Christmas would be perfect. It's still early in the month at this point.

man,
I got no words of wisdom or advice. honesty, sincere talks and explanations is about all you can do.
I'm so sorry for ya man. and your kids.

Sorry to hear that, tiny. It's a rough situation. Maybe the parents around here know better than me, but my initial hunch is that they'll be more resilient than the adults. I've unfortunately lost pets over the years, but I've felt the losses much more acutely as an adult than as a kid.