"I didn't choose for this special dog to change my life so much": A rescued dog's journey from underweight stray to beloved support animal sparks a social media firestorm after the original owner's tragic past is revealed

We say this all the time but it is true, dog rescues are complicated. You are dealing with so many unknowns and your only aim is to make sure that the pupper in front of you will be cared for and live a happy life, that it can be tough to know what the right thing to do is.

Instinctually, each and every one of us would want to scoop up the poor pupper and whisk them away to pet smart to buy them every toy and treat they want. But the reality of rescuing a doggo is usually far from that, much as today's rescuer found out. In a case of mistaken identity, our rescuer thought she was saving a sweet soul, when in fact she sort of stole one. Which left her with one question, which we are now going to pose to you, would you be able to give up the animal that you thought you saved from starvation?

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Well, this rescue sure has started out rather peaceful. Usually it is the beginnings or middles of these recuse stories whether things tend to get complicated. So it is rather nice for once for things to tick along smoothly. We can only hope things don’t go too far down hill from here.
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Oh, wow, this doggo sure does have a whole load of love around them. To make a new pawrent instantly fall in love with them, and for the old pawrent to be so in love with them to never give up hope of finding them again. This cannot end well for anyone really, hopefully our two pupper pawrents will be civil and understand where each side is coming from…
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