gini
04-05-2005, 10:31 AM
I have posted under Dog Memorial that my brother and his family just recently lost their beloved shepherd, Jake.
And because we all just lost our beloved Killian..........I thought I would share how my brother handled this loss with his children.
Jake was 12 - almost 13. My nieces are ages ten and four so Jake helped "raise" my nieces.
The thought of losing Jake was very difficult for the girls. So my brother enlisted the vet's help. He took the girls for a visit to the vet's office and the vet sat the girls down and very gently and carefully explained Jake's old age and serious problems in a way that the girls could understand.
My SIL told me that it really helped. Instead of thinking of their loss - they transferred the feelings to Jake and realized he was suffering and it was his time. It really didn't remove the feeling of tremendous loss, but the loss came with an understanding that they otherwise might not have had.
Jake had been a gift from my SIL to my brother right after they got married - and the attachment was huge. My brother and SIL were suffering too, so having the vet help the girls made a huge difference.
What a great vet!!!
And because we all just lost our beloved Killian..........I thought I would share how my brother handled this loss with his children.
Jake was 12 - almost 13. My nieces are ages ten and four so Jake helped "raise" my nieces.
The thought of losing Jake was very difficult for the girls. So my brother enlisted the vet's help. He took the girls for a visit to the vet's office and the vet sat the girls down and very gently and carefully explained Jake's old age and serious problems in a way that the girls could understand.
My SIL told me that it really helped. Instead of thinking of their loss - they transferred the feelings to Jake and realized he was suffering and it was his time. It really didn't remove the feeling of tremendous loss, but the loss came with an understanding that they otherwise might not have had.
Jake had been a gift from my SIL to my brother right after they got married - and the attachment was huge. My brother and SIL were suffering too, so having the vet help the girls made a huge difference.
What a great vet!!!