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Old 12-04-2009, 03:54 PM  
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How do I tell my kids that our dog is dead?
It's been a rough 12 hours.

last night our dog Josie (small Shepard mix who's been in the family 11 years) was all of a sudden extremely catatonic and panting on her side. Her head was twitching and eyes shut. We took her to the animal emergency room around midnight and admitted her. Diagnosis was that she was bleeding in her eyes and gums and her blood had only 1 percent the platelets it should have.

Without the ability to clot, she had developed internal bleeding. There was blood filling her head and causing neurological damage form pressure on her brain. Today it got worse and we made a tough, difficult decision to euthanize her.

24 hours ago she was 100 percent normal.
This has come so sudden and so difficultly. Our kids are 8 and 9 and we haven't told them. They don't even know we took her to the hospital yet, but they saw her sick last night.

I'm sure some of you have gone through pet loss with kids. Just looking for some tips. We're supposed to go get a Christmas tree tonight after school. Do I tell them first? afterward? I cannot believe we'll be able to do it without us crying. my wife for sure.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:33 PM   #31
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:34 PM   #32
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:38 PM   #33
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DAMMIT! I was gonna post this.

I sat with TinyE at a Chiefs game though so I'm not gonna make light of this.

Just tell them the truth. Losing my first dog hurt but I got over it and I remember the good times.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:41 PM   #34
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You know, it never occurred to me until now, but we had a dachshund when I was a little kid, and my mom told me she gave it to some people who lived out in the country so it would have more room to run and could play with other dogs. But it didn't like other dogs, and it was a friggin dachshund - seriously, how much room does a dachshund need? And we never went to visit it, either.



Mom was apparently a great liar, because it's taken me about 35 years to figure this one out.


My son is 31 and he just recently had the same revelation come to him. He calls me up one night and says "Hey, you didn't really take the dog to live on a ranch, did you?". I laughed my ass off.

Tiny, I agree it's best to be honest. Otherwise, you'll get called on it in 20 or so years. Maybe a little longer if your kids are like Frazod.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:43 PM   #35
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I was like 5 and I didn't really have an emotional attachment to the turtle so I didn't think too much about it.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:47 PM   #36
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:48 PM   #37
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Just tell them what happened and they'll be fine in the long run.

My dad didn't have to worry about what/how to tell us kids. He just put 'em down with his old .22 rifle. Wasn't much need for words after that.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:50 PM   #38
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Sorry to hear that, buddy.

Just be honest.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:50 PM   #39
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Make a youtube video about it. That way other parents can use your strength to tell their kids under similar circumstances.
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Just tell them what happened and they'll be fine in the long run.

My dad didn't have to worry about what/how to tell us kids. He just put 'em down with his old .22 rifle. Wasn't much need for words after that.
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:54 PM   #41
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My son is 31 and he just recently had the same revelation come to him. He calls me up one night and says "Hey, you didn't really take the dog to live on a ranch, did you?". I laughed my ass off.

Tiny, I agree it's best to be honest. Otherwise, you'll get called on it in 20 or so years. Maybe a little longer if your kids are like Frazod.
Thanks, asshole.
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Old 12-04-2009, 05:15 PM   #42
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I have 3 kids and we are an "animal" family - we've had/have just about anything a pet store sells and even some "farm" animals. We have had many funerals.

Honesty is best. The tears are going to come no matter what but they will stop.

I'd wait until after getting the tree unless they ask ....
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Sorry for your loss, J.

Honesty is the best policy here.

Best of luck.
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Sorry about your dog, Bro.

The answer to your question is:

A new puppy.
new pets don't just replace old ones IMO
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