History Main / DogGotSentToAFarm

* Can also happen if a family member or friend owns a farm. Likewise, this will likely be an open arrangement, with regular visits to the pet in question.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' had a segment that parodies ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' centered on BrutalHonesty (such as clarifying that SantaClaus isn't real), and one of the questions asked what happened to his dog when he "got old", and the fifth grader replied with the farm excuse, which the adult contestant quickly disabused him of.

* ''Film/{{Gaav}}'':

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[[caption-width-right:350:Where [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_186_14-things-kids-suspect-about-adult-world/ children think their beloved pets went.]]]]

-->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One with the Thumb"

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': When Bobby's kids ask Bobby and Janice they can get a dog, Tony reminisces on him and Janice's childhood dog, Tippy, who got sent to live out in the country after contracting worms. Janice reveals to him that, no, their dad sent Tippy to the pound to get euthanized, much to Tony's distress.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': When Greg's father Frank was a child, he had a dog named Nutty, who his dad told him ran away to a butterfly farm. In reality, his dad accidentally ran the dog over. Frank was so mad his father lied to him that right away, he went to get a pet dog.

SubTrope to LiesToChildren and ReleasedToElsewhere. See also NeverSayDie and BlackComedyPetDeath. Contrast DeathByNewberyMedal, which is all about learning about death, and NoLongerWithUs, when a common metaphor for death is the literal truth (the dog really did go to a farm). If you're playing a VirtualPet game, sending your pets to something like this is a common lore explanation for a RewardForRemoval.

* Implied in ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' with Charlotte's parents. Charlotte lives [[RaisedByGrandparents with her grandmother]] and both say that the parents are astronauts in space. Some of the wording in the episode where this is mainly focused upon, "Parents" implies that they're actually dead.

* Implied in ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' with Charlotte's parents. Charlotte lives [[RaisedByGrandparents with her grandmother]] and says that her parents astronauts in space. Some of the wording in the episode implies that they're actually dead.

SubTrope to LiesToChildren and ReleasedToElsewhere. See also NeverSayDie and BlackComedyPetDeath. Contrast DeathByNewberyMedal, which is all about learning about death, and NoLongerWithUs, when a common metaphor for death is the literal truth (the dog really did go to a farm).

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': When Greg's father Frank was a child, he had a dog named Nutty, who his dad told him ran away to a butterfly farm. In reality, his dad accidentally run the dog over. Frank was so mad his father lied to him that right away, he went to get a pet dog.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': When Greg's father Frank was a child, he had a dog named Nutty, who his dad told him ran away to a butterfly farm. In reality, the dog was accidentally run over. Frank was so mad his father lied to him that right away, he went to get a pet dog.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/138e4p/when_i_was_a_kid_my_parents_told_me_my_dog_was/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share This]] Website/{{Reddit}} is about apparent euphemisms that turn out to be true:

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4954414/1/Lies Lies]]'' is a ''Making Fiends'' fanfic delving into the theory that [[ParentalAbandonment Charlotte's parents are dead]]. Her parents died in a plane accident. Charlotte's grandmother lied to her and said they were astronauts living on a space station.

SubTrope to LiesToChildren and ReleasedToElsewhere. See also NeverSayDie and BlackComedyPetDeath. Contrast DeathByNewberyMedal, which is all about learning about death.

* In the last episode of the LetsPlay series ''My Story Mode House'', which is based on ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' Season 2, after [[spoiler:LetsPlay/StacyPlays' [[EverythingsBetterWithLlamas baby llama]] dies while trying to bring him up to the Parrot Party room]], [[WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}} Stampy]] tries to tell Stacy something to the effect of this trope.

[[caption-width-right:350:Where [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_186_14-things-kids-suspect-about-adult-world/ children think their beloved pets went]].]]

* In ''[[Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga Son of a Liche]]'' Jynn is furious when he discovers that his childhood dog Patches did not "run away" but was really [[spoiler: turned into a Hellhound by his necromancer dad, fortunately the dog is revived when they defeat the Hellhound.]]

* [[https://nypost.com/2016/10/28/senior-dog-retirement-homes-let-pets-live-out-their-golden-years/ There actually are]] [[http://mentalfloss.com/article/90404/10-animal-retirement-homes farm sanctuaries]] [[https://iheartdogs.com/woman-starts-a-senior-dog-retirement-home-for-unwanted-older-pets-you-have-to-see-this/ for older animals]]. Along with elderly and sick pets, many of the residents may be adopted out of high kill shelters. Unlike the stereotype, of course, you can visit your old friends at these places.

* In the 1970 film of ''Film/JaneEyre'', the dying Helen Burns applies this to herself, assuring Jane that she's just being sent home to recuperate and will come back to school when she's well again. This is immediately followed by a TimeSkip showing adult Jane placing flowers at Helen's grave. This trope is only found in this adaptation, though, as in [[Literature/JaneEyre the novel]] and most other versions, Helen comforts Jane by assuring her that she's going to heaven and that Jane will one day [[TogetherInDeath join her there]] too.

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', during "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS8E05TheAutumnOfBreakups The Autumn of Breakups]]", Robin tells Barney that as a child she had a dog sent to a farm where her aunt lived with her best friend. Subverted in that she really did send a dog to the farm, but discovered that her aunt was more than just friends with her housemate.
** Also subverted in a season 2 episode when Robin starts to realize that keeping five dogs in a New York City apartment isn't such a good idea and says it's time to "send them to the farm". Lily is horrified but Robin tells her she's talking about an actual farm. However, since the entire series is a story that Ted is telling his children, [[UnreliableNarrator he might have been playing this trope straight]].
** In "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS8E04WhoWantsToBeAGodparent Who Wants to Be a Godparent?]]", Lily and Marshall are in the process of choosing a guardian for Marvin among their friends in the case of their death. After asking Barney how he would tell Marvin why his parents aren't around anymore, he responds that he'd just change a few words to an excuse he often uses with his one-night stands.

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