Teaching a value lesson

Well 'Sophie' the pigeon has died after 4 days of excellent care and comfort. Kinda saw that coming. He had a very large box to walk in with views of the sky, top notch bird food, dry paper under his feet and clean water to drink. Mighty Mo took his job very seriously and each day we took him out to the grass for a few moment of freedom. Mo would sit a little chair and watch him, because in his mind a giant dinosaur bird was going to swoop down and eat it.

I taught him how to hold support the pigeon when holding it and not damage his wings or feathers. How to be gentle in picking it up and putting it down. How to herd it where we wanted it to be in the yard without scaring it. We discussed the it probably would not live but it was important for all creatures to die in comfort if possible. Now as his father I will teach him a valuable lesson in loss.

Later tonight we will go out in the front yard and dig a grave. I will let Mo say something nice and
that will be about it. I doubt he will be too sensitive about the whole thing.