Couple who rescued poorly treated dog for their parents finds out the dog was destined to be theirs all along after arduous adoption period at their house, dog mom says: ‘My fiance and I knew instantly he needed to come back home with us’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Apr 21, 2026 9:00 AM EDT

Much like how you would never buy your parents underwear for the fact that they will not be the right fit, so should you not adopt a doggo for your parents. At least that is the moral of this story.

Sometimes people can be so blind to their own actions it is unbelievable. Sure, adopting a doggo is a long and difficult process. But when you for some reason decide to do so for your parents, well, you have got a whole other thing on your hands. For you have to not only find a dog in decent health who has not immediately been snapped up. But you also have to think about the aging couple of people who you are going to be bringing this dog to. Now on the best of days making a rescue dog pass through a bunch of homes is no good thing to do.

But to do so with a dog who is quite the pandora's box waiting to happen, well, you have to be pretty brave to do so, or really dumb to think it is going to stick. And that is what happened when this poor pupper reached this hooman's parents. Thankfully though, this doggo found its actual home not far off, in the daughter's home where he had first landed after being adopted. So, swings and roundabouts?
 

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    "My parents giving him up back to us was the best thing that ever happened."
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    Background: This happened not too long ago. My fiance and I were wanting a new addition to our little family and we decided to adopt this go around. I talk to my parents fairly often and mentioned this to them. My mother got
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    so excited and said she would love to adopt a dog too. That she and my father needed a companion for the house. Well, I showed her this great shelter that I found, and this dumped litter of puppies. We already had an old dog and a younger dog, Copper. Copper was
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    just too hyper from my old girl, so we felt another pup was the perfect speed to keep Copper entertained. I showed my parents the litter, and my dad seemed really interested and invested. They waited too long to send in a request and the litter was taken fast.
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    Well, I had followed a lot of rehoming groups since we were trying to find a pup, but the way people flood the comments any time a smaller dog came on, we never had any luck that route. Well, that is, until I saw the cutest little mix dog pop up. I'll admit, he had some quirks that
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    only a mother could love, lets call him Groot. Nobody in the group wanted Groot because of these special quirks, and also because he was an adult small dog. Most only wanted puppies. The lady had the reason that he was making her
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    child sick and that was why she was rehoming him. I don't know what it was about Groot, but I just had this pull to him. I thought he was perfect for my parents and immediately fell in love with the photo she had of him. So I messaged her, she had we could have
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    him, to just take him. My fiance and I showed up and...this poor baby was in so much worse shape that the photos led on. They shaved him because he was infested with fleas, dipped him (It's a medicine to k .l the fleas. Super rough on
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  • Yikes, from the sounds of it this pupper pawrent was not looking for a pupper for her parents at all. Because when you go after a slightly special dog, they feel right because all their quirks suit you. Which is to say that quirks are a very personal thing and the quirks that might suit you, will be very much unsuitable for someone else. Meaning that while this woman was very excited for this down on its luck pupper to go to her parents, there was very little chance that they would see the same potential the she did. 
     

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    dogs skin), and he was too skinny. He was clearly an outside dog they abandoned, it was no wonder no one wanted him. I knew immediately he was going to be a lot of work to help. But d ...t, my fiance and I have big hearts, so
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    we paid the 40 bucks she wanted for him and we took him with us. They didn't even seem upset that he was leaving. Her little kids were out and saw us. The parents had them say bye, and they did so nonchalantly. Pre-Home:
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    Keep in mind, Groot was still for my parents, but now we had a bigger issue. Getting him treated. We brought him home, bathed him IMMEDITATELY to get the dip off him, and try to figure out what we were working with. The shampoo immediately
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  • And so it begins. These first few hurdles are so tough to get over, but also so important for the bonding of a pawrent to their new pupper. All the more explaining how it came to be that this woman and her partner would end up adopting the doggo rather than her parents. Her parents did not go through the trials and tribulations of getting the dip off the poor doggo. They did not spend time in the bathtub scrubbing away. All they were hoping for was a chill companion to fill their home with who would keep them company in their sunset years. Not a pupper project to keep them busy.
     

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    transitioned red from dried blod where the fleas were eating him alive. We washed him up really good, and the following day took him to our vet. After lots of tests, all his shots, and x-rays to look at his unique limbs (They're totally fine, it just
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    looks like he's flexing Imaooo we were worried there was an issue with them, but the vet said it's normal for this constant inbred of dog.) We paid over $1000 in the end to make sure he was completely healthy. Had to give him
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    medication to treat him, and got him on flea pills. The main issue was, my boy was a humper-my god-it was bad. We have only females, and all are fixed, but he was still going to town, so we put doggy diapers on him lol My boy was in heaven! He
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    thought he hit the jackpot Imaooo My girls adored him except copper. She was like our guard lol any time he got in his hung mood she would bark all crazy and we would put him in the kennel for a few minutes
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    to try to train him out of it. After a week and a half of keeping Groot and ensuring he was healthy, it was time to take him to my parents. Parents:
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    We had everything ready for them. We got them a kennel, dog bed, a months worth of dog food, all his medicines, anything everything, we got him. We took him to their house, and my mother was ecstatic. My father on the other hand...not so much. Keep
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    in mind, Groot still looked pretty rough, his coat still botched, but it was cut so short we couldn't do much about it. We would have to wait till it grew out to take him to the groomers to get it fixed. He's was so cute and patchy, so ugly that it
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    made him look adorable Imaooo. My mom was trying to persuade my dad to like him, but my dad was totally rejecting him. In the end, Mom wanted to keep him so we left him with them. A few hours later, my mom sent a photo of my
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    dad reluctantly sitting with Groot on his lap. haha Well, the next day the messages came in. "I thought Groot was potty trained." He is potty trained. "I thought he was kennel trained," he is what do you mean?
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    My parents were just quickly not having any patience with him and I explained to them, "He's gone from home to home. This is a new environment, give him a little while to adjust." It was to the point where my parents refused to put out food or water for him so he wouldn't use the
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    bathroom. Which I didn't find out until after... about 5 days later, my mom messages me and says, "Baby, I need you to just take Groot back and rehome him. He's using the restroom all over the house, your dad doesn't like him, he says Groot is making the house stink,
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    he bit (My nephew, a toddler) and I think he's dc. ed." We went to pick him up that same night. Groot was the best boy for us, so I didn't understand how he had such a dramatic change with them.
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    Finally home: Groot immediately perked up when we went to get him. My mother said that he hadn't been that happy the whole week he was with them. That all he did was lay on the couch with his head down. He didn't even
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    perk up when they would get home. My fiance and I knew instantly he needed to come back home with us, especially after we found out how my parents were handling him. They both agreed they just didn't have time or patience for
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    a dog and wouldn't get one again (Thank god.) As soon as Groot got back into our home with our girls, oh my god you should have seen the joy. He was jumping excitedly, immediately playing with the girls, and having the time of his life. I will
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    admit, I didn't take to him quickly, I wanted to rehome him because I was concerned about his hung, but my fiance asked me to give him time. Give him a month to train him not to hop, and if he succeeded, we keep him. If we couldn't, then we rehome him.
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    Well, little by little it got better, but then the d n girls started hg Groot back! Apparently its a dominance thing haha But after about 3 weeks, we managed to get Groot out of it. He was successfully trained and we didn't need to put
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    diapers on him any longer. I liked him more, but he was very much my fiance's dog. He just got so attached to Groot so fast. Well, after a few months, my old dog passed. She passed last year in December before
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    Christmas. She was my baby, my childhood dog, my emotional support, she was there for me at my absolute worst. I was devastated when she passed...I still am devastated. I was d od, my pups were too young to really understand what
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    happened to my old girl, but...weirdly enough I feel like Groot knew. Or at least could sense my de ed mood. He slowly started coming around to me more. Just quietly laying next to me, not even begging for attention. He just started
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    being there. A quiet presence. I started noticing him more, gradually petting him more often. Taking naps with him, and the pups would join when they wanted. He didn't replace my old girl, but he helped me
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    through her d h. He slowly became my emotional connection. A presence I didn't know I needed. He has a place in this home and family forever now. I have a tattoo of all my girls, and I'm actually going to add him to it.
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    My parents giving him up back to us was the best thing that ever happened. His fur even grew out and turns out the cut really does matter lol hair theory is real. He is the cuttest dn dog ever, and no, not just a face only a mother can love
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    lol, he's a genuinely adorable dog. Any ways, thanks for reading haha and don't worry, I made my parents promise me to never get a dog again.
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