some treasure. : ] i agree with the people who say to tell the kid it was a dinosaur. the kid would LOVE it.

okay, seriously... there is a reason why we bury bodies 6ft under... at that point wild animals won't dig them up... that goes for pets too unless you put rocks on top or something... i'm surprised another dog or a wild animal didn't wander into your yard and dig it up for you. also, tell your kid the truth now. i'm not gonna rag on you for the lie, i know you don't want to see your kid lose his innocence, but realize that this could be a turning point in your relationship with your kid. if you teach them to lie, they'll think it's okay to lie to you, so come clean now before things get worse and more complicated.

what the f? thats RETARTED of you. my dog died when i was little and of course i was upset, but i'm glad my parents didn't lie to me. you deserved that one times one hundred.

Hey everyone's saying it's messed up that you lied to your kid. But what parent hasn't lied to their kids at one point or another? He'll get over it; it's really not a terribly atrocious burden to bear and kids are resilient. It's pretty funny; good joke at parties when he comes of age. Anyway, my parents have a couple of dogs and they're to credit for unconditional love when I'm feeling out of sorts. To bury your pet without some ceremony (even just between you and your wife) and then even forget where you buried him/her seems sort of heartless. My parents held a ceremony for my freaking hamster when I was kid; I didn't really get it bc it was a hamster. But your dog? Dogs are pretty interactive in your life. I love my parents' dogs.

LMAO!! I loved how you even wrote letters to the farm. XD

There is only one pet death I've struggled with getting closure with as a child - that was the pet whose body I was forbidden from seeing. it couldn't have been any worse than my kitten who I saw crushed to death in my own driveway in kindergarten and I was 10 at the time of this cat's death. Hiding the dog's death doesn't benefit your son at all

That should teach you not to lie to your children. They deserve the closure.

ooh omg what did you tell him?

lmao either the kid is an awesome digger or really close to the ground. and wow that's a really stupid thing to lie about. just tell him the truth goddamn it. #60 they were trying to keep it from the kid so obviously they wouldn't use a grave marker =/

Who says 'off to the farm' anymore? Seriously? It's an important life lesson that you prob should have been upfront with. He'll understand.