
D.B.
I can only ask that you please not lie to them. I asked this similar questions recently on here, only I HAD lied to my 5 yr old and told him his beloved pet went to a retirement home (instead of telling him we had to put him to sleep). He sobbed often that he wanted his buddy to come home. Once I FINALLY told him the (part) truth (we explained that his buddy got very sick at the retirement home and passed away) he was able to deal with it and now just remembers only the good times with him. I won't lie to you (LOL) it was one of the hardest things that I had to do and when I finally told him, initially there were rivers of tears (from both him and I). But it needed to be done the right way. I messed up initially and I regret not being upfront with him. The moms on here gave me wonderful insight and I did my best to follow it and it did work out. Just go to my questions, its listed under "dog and dishonesty". Read the responses I got. These mommas were VERY helpful.