['My first dog died a year ago. He was only 4 years old.', "I am sorry for your loss. How did he die if you don't mind me asking?", "He had to have surgery because he ate something he shouldn't and it got caught. They told us he only had a 5% chance of survival and even then he would be in a lot of pain for a long time. We put him down to keep him out of pain."]
That's terrible... At least you tried to save him.
My first dog died a year ago. He was only 4 years old. I still think about it all the time.