Brother in law adopted a young dog a week ago.

Very nice pitbull that got along well with people and the other dogs at the gathering, including ours. It had been adopted and given up two times in its life already for no reason of its own (emergency in adopted family life then an unexpected passing of the next adopter). It emotionally bonded so quickly to my brother in law.

Issue is, my brother in law is a mess himself. Young with a lot of personal issues, barely home, and not able to commit to taking care the pup. He impulse adopted the dog and really realized that this past week.

He decided this morning to give it back to the shelter. We, along with other family members offered to take the dog instead of giving it up. He’s a great dog and only needs a bit of training that is expected with any young pup. Brother in law, stubborn as he is, outright refuses any option other than giving it back to the shelter. No care for the realistic hard chance it will have getting adopted again after being given up for a third time. The pup has a real chance for a good life but no, shelter it must go.

The oven also died so no buns.

Edit: We are planning on getting in contact with the shelter he adopted from to see what our options are if he is returned there. We expect to have to fully adopt with everything that entails. We’ll be out some money but the pup will be in an active home instead of a 8x4 cell.

Hopefully there is some thinking done tonight and the pup will be rehomed without the shelter step.