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.
Brother in law, stubborn as he is, outright refuses any option other than giving it back to the shelter.
It’s hard to admit you’ve made such a big mistake. The magnitude of the solution directly relates to the magnitude of the mistake. If you got a jacket that you wind up not liking, no one would be put out if you returned it to the store. He’s only stubborn because he’s trying to convince himself he didn’t fuck up that bad.
Additional friction, fees, and the real chance that the shelter might not put the little guy back up for adoption.
My sister claimed Bill Gates is making Tyson chicken use crushed up crickets in their breading on their chicken nuggets.
Considering chickens eat a lot of bugs, that seems like an excellent way to cut out the middleman
Probably my last Thanksgiving with biological family.
Stopped spending all holidays with my bio family three years ago.
Do it.
It’s wonderful.
Anyone else grow up hearing about that one crazy, estranged aunt/uncle who cut ties with the family years prior, only to eventually understand, then become them?
One never heard anyone on either side say Hamas isn’t evil or not not enough Israeli civilians are dying.
That’s not a left wing thing, your family is properly fucked.
Mom bullshitting about vaccines. In a house where the owners are both scientists.
Cool, so you guys told her how vaccines work and she totally listened and grew that day in both knowledge and as a person right?
My brother does this, the other 5 of his immediate family are in the life sciences.
None.
I spend Thanksgiving at home, alone, with my dogs. It is the absolute best.