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[quote=Anonymous]OP - it could be sudden, or it could be a long illness. You just don't know. And it will be incredibly sad for everyone, regardless. Since your dog is getting older and displaying signs of his age, I would prepare your kids. Let them know that your dog is not immortal and he is getting older. That you are committed to keeping him comfortable and you don't know how long you'll have together. You and your spouse should probably discuss with each other the 'what ifs'. If your dog develops cancer, will you treat it? Will you treat it if it costs X, requires Y weeks of chemo, and gives Z additional weeks or months of life. A lot easier to talk about rationally when it is a hypothetical. And it isn't the money so much as the quality of life, at least for me. And talk about what the dog's quality of life should be. At what point is the dog just too miserable?[/quote]
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