Daughter upset

My daughter found out this morning that her best friend's dog was put down yesterday. The news obviously upset her. She doesn't know why he was put down and this is on her mind. She has spoken to her friend and has offered her support and they've been trying to distract themselves talking about her new kittens and what to name them. Her friend is amazing. Her family is amazing too. They have special needs children so are great with my daughter. They really treat her like family. When I go round it's like she's not my child and she's been living with them. It's amazing to see. So when something happens, everyone is affected. 

The words 'put down' trigger her because its not nice to start off with and this happened to her horse and she had a nightmare about her horse last night. I'm proud of her because she told me this herself. She tired and now upset and those two don't mix well. 

She wants to see her friend over half term but she doesn't know how it will go without the dog because they were planning to walk it and play with it. She doesn't want the same thing to happen to our dog. 

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  • I would probably approach the subject from the pain and distress angle. That animals cannot tell people when they are in unbearable pain and distress, but that the vet considered that the dog was in a huge amount of pain, that would only have got worse and that the only way to stop the dog being in pain was to put it to sleep.

  • Thank you. Im very surprised about how she has taken it all. She was upset at the start of the school day but she managed to continue her day. She also made my son a story explaining that its sad news but he's watching from doggy heaven and it's ok to be sad. It's amazing. I never expected her to do this. 

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