[Sandi]

That is one of the very hardest parts of owning an animal!

[calluna]

Hugs from me and my Great Pyrenees, Hunter and Lupine. They're both pretty young - Hunter is 3 and Lupine is 1. I've also lost some elderly animal friends recently - they were older than my children -- and it is the most amazingly difficult thing. Remember how wonderful a family member your puppy is, though, and spend some time cherishing!

[findingfawn]

Originally Posted by beerab

BTW the rainbow bridge is great- maybe to help the kids ease their pain you can have them all draw their own rainbow bridges and put a picture of your dog on them

I absolutely LOVE this idea! As homeschoolers this will be right up our alley.

Hubby set the appt up for Friday at 5:30, my MIL will hopefully watch the kids so I can go with him, I don't want him to do this alone.

Now I need to decide if we tell the kids before we go so they can say goodbye (and possibly give MIL a hard time) or if we should drop them off (they are just a short ways from us) and then come back for Beana and then tell them once we are home.