All Dogs Go To Heaven

How to Deal With the Death of a Puppy and Other Harsh Realities

Mongo in Sheep Costume. Photo by Lucian Smith

There really aren’t many things cuter than a puppy — they look like living teddy bears.

Something about watching them run, play, and sleep can make most even the hardest people melt inside. That’s what makes what happened to my brother Lucian’s ten-week-old Rottweiler puppy (Mongo) so devastating. Last week Mongo got very sick and died…