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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think your experience was more traumatic than the average pet death. Fido getting older and having to be humanely euthanized is a lot different than a sudden traumatic injury. It could happen with a future pet, but probably it won't. We had a small pet die when my son was 3. He wasn't super attached to the pet, but it was his first experience with death and I think he learned from it. It also helped him understand that our senior dog, whom he is MUCH more attached to, will die, too, some day. That upset him, but it is a fact of life and at least it won't be a huge shock when it does happen. Death is a part of life, we all have to face that, even as children. I would not forgo the joy of having beloved pets because of their mortality. That said, I might feel more sensitive about it if I went through what you did, so I do understand your hesitance. [/quote]
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