What to do about the dog?

I get nervous about my dog’s chances of survival if I should ever pass away. Richelle seems to talk about him as though he would be a useful way to stave off hunger if we ever had to go without food for any length of time. But whenever I talk about the necessities of feeding him, giving him water, taking him to the vet or the groomer, she gets this sound to her voice like we should seriously be keeping the “putting him to sleep” option on the table.

As I’ve told Jack many times in our private conversations, “If I ever die, just throw yourself on the funeral pyre.”