‘They said she was the perfect couch potato—but they lied’: Couple disappointed after NYC rescue conceals dog’s severe anxiety, prey drive, and behavioral red flags, leaving them torn between training and returning her

Dog shelters take on a lot of responsibility. Whether it is in-taking doggos and making sure they do not have diseases or behavioral issues that could impact their resident population. Or it is the care they must take to make sure that each and every doggo gets the best chance of being adopted. Or it is correctly informing potential adopting pawrents about the canine cuties that they want to adopt.

The onus is on the shelter to do the work. And while they usually seem to do what they need to, there are times when it all falls through the cracks. And that is what happened to the poor couple protagonists of this story, who were sold a lie that their newly adopted American Bully was nothing like her namesake and much closer in character to a couch potato. Leading to quite the internal conflict for the couple who could not decide whether they would be able to handle training or would have to return the unruly canine.

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Well, this all sounds rather dreamy. No less to be told that you are about to meet an American Bully who is soft natured, great around kids and will not try to monch on the birds you have taken loving care of for however many years. Shame it has to get ruined…
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Woah, woah, woah, hold up a second before you go adding yet another thing to this list of behaviors that do not line up with the description you were given even a little bit. What is this unhinged lunacy? How on earth were these people at the rescue so willing to lie about something that they knew would come to light almost instantly…
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