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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The outcome of the story is the dog did get the medical treatment he needed and survived- so why is the decision the dog owner made so horrible? Why does that make the person a terrible pet owner?  She was in a position for whatever reason she could not take care of the sick dog, so she did the responsible thing of taking the dog to qualified professionals to handle the dog.[/quote]

The rescue where the dog was born (which is not the shelter) offered to take the dog back. They would have treated it or, if it really was as sick as she thought, euthanized it kindly.  Instead of doing that, she dumped the dog at a shelter.  So no, she did not do the responsible thing.

I don't know whether the rescue would have allowed her to adopt again if they'd never found out about the shelter: dogs do sometimes need to be euthanized, so they may have given her the benefit of the doubt that it was sick. But the rescue did find out about dumping it at the shelter, and the fact she violated their policy + rejected their offer of help + all the fishy information about whether the dog was even sick = they are not trusting her again.

Your idea that the rescue should cover vet bills for any adopted dog whose owner doesn't want to, and then let that owner re-adopt, is a terrible policy that will prevent the rescue from helping new dogs. They are not a library where you can check out a dog when you have the time and money for it, and turn it back when you have other priorities.[/quote]

She did not dump the dog.  The shelter had the program.  Two vets said it would be costly and invasive.  Is that best for the dog.  Now the dog lingers in foster care with no one wanting to adopt but the owner.  [/quote]

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