‘I would have never adopted this dog as I'm not qualified to help her’: A first-time dog owner is forced to return an adopted dog after discovering the shelter withheld crucial information about the animal’s severe separation anxiety and stray history

Responsible adoption of darling doggos is one of the most important things to consider when bringing a cute canine into your life. After all, the last thing anyone should want to do is to return a doggo to the shelter after adoption, thereby breaking the doggos heart, and wasting the shelter's very limited time and money.

But alas, the onus is not just on the new owner, but also on the shelter who should do their genuine best to pair up puppers to the suitable potential pawrents. Which is exactly what did not happen in the story we have lined up for you today, which tells the tale of a very responsible young prospective pawrent, who laid all his cards out on the table before adopting to specifically avoid such a situation. Yet due to unknown reasons, was lied to by the shelter and given a doggo who was simply too much for this young man to handle. And knowing his own limitations and that he would do the doggo more harm than good, this brave man stepped back and returned the doggo to the hands of more suitable care at the shelter it came from.

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Well, we have to say that especially from a 25-year-old this is an incredible amount of maturity and responsibility. We would hardly put any blame on this kind and clever person who knew that they could only handle so much and put that message out there so as to try and avoid the exact situation they were put in.
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Oh snap, separation anxiety, the invisible trauma trigger that can turn the best of four pawed buds into nasty nightmares in mere seconds. What a tough hand to have been dealt and to have to deal with on your own. A truly nasty move by the shelter who had to have known this was an issue.
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