Candy- emotional side

During Part 3, we saw a more emotional side of Candy. After Candy succumbed to the peer pressure and decided to allow Carlson to shoot his dog, "Only Candy continued to stare at the ceiling." (49) He was so upset once his dog was shot. Eventually he opened up to the mistake he had made and said, "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn't no good to himself or nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me." (60) I think Candy said this because he wanted George and Lennie to feel sorry for him, so they would let him come to the farm with them. I believe Candy wants to leave here because it will remind him too much of his sweet old dog and he is afraid of giving into the peer pressure again. I think his dog was his best friend and it was just a rash decision to let him go and he regrets it. Staying here will mock him of the mistake he made.