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Updated May 23, 2013

Q: We Need to Put Our Family Dog Down. She Has Recently Become Very Aggressive...    —Fennville, MI

"Our dog, Cinnamon has been in our family since she was about 6 months old or so. We got her from a pet store, no back..."

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Why don't you take her to the animal shelter? Then you can honestly tell the kids, she isn't right for your family but she will be right for someone, without kids or ...

Hi. My heart goes out to you. I have never had to experiece this but my sister did a few years ago with her dog. She didn't tell the kids the dog was going to be pu...

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Q: Lost Pet, When to Handle the Issue of Getting a New Puppy    —Canton, MI

"We just lost our dog, a wonderful springer spainiel that was only 6 years old. Naturally we were not expecting it. ..."

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Just a little something to think about when you do decide to get a new dog. I recently spoke with a woman from the shelter and she told me that because so many people...

elizbeth i think it would be great for your husband and kids to go a head and get a nother puppy at this point it sound like they need the love of a dog right now it ...

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Q: Pet Loss Help!!    —Milan, MI

"My husaband and I took in a kitten about 2 weeks ago that we found abandon outside. We feed the kitten newborn kitten..."

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Get her another kitty.

If you don't want anymore pets, stick to it and tell them NO. I keep giving in and have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 suggies, 1 hamster, and 4 fish, and my kids still want more ...

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Q: Putting Our Dog down Saturday    —Traverse City, MI

"Our dog was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Shes only 2 and shes gone down hill very fast. After running numerous tests..."

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A., I know how heartbreaking this is for you. You have been faced with putting one of your family members down. Who wants to have to deal with that? But, you already k...

A., The story about your dog is very sad, but while I was reading it I was thinking that you were going to say the dog had done something terrible to your child. When...

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Q: Explaining to a 3Yr Old Why His Doggie Isn't Comming Back    —Jackson, MI

"Can anyone help me in explaining to my 3yr old son why his dog isn't comming back home from the doctors? She got very..."

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I believe children at that age can understand more than we think. I would recommend telling your son that your dog wsa very sick and the doctor sent him to a better pl...

Maybe you could go to the library and find a children's book on death. I wish I could remember the title of the books that help explain a variety of different topics t...

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Q: Comfort at Time of Pet Loss    —Tecumseh, MI

"Our dog Gracie passed away after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 11 years old. I'd like advice on ho..."

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Hi C., Wow! I know what you're going through, as our beloved Minature Schnauzer, Sady went to Dog Heaven on April 1st, 2008. She was hit and run on the street in fr...

C., So sorry to hear of your loss. My husband and I and our 2 children took our first family vacation 2 weeks ago. For the first time in many, many years we had o...

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