It's not every day that we hear stories about pets that have to be given up for their own good. However, this woman's story will show you how giving up her Pug was the best choice. This doggy is now living a better life. Read all about it!
Just over five years ago, I gave away the Pug who had lived with me as my fur-child for the eight years prior. And I have to say, to this day, it continues to be one of the best decisions I have ever made.
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But that still doesn’t mean that it was a decision that I had ever wanted to make.
The loving “daddy,” my husband, turned out to be more abusive toward me than I could ever have imagined. And in a situation that quickly spiraled out of my control, our household became nothing less than a battlefield at times and a hazard for anyone, and everyone, involved.
We were all trapped, and my little Pug was watching it all.
My Pug, aging in years and watching the drama unfold day in and day out in a house that was falling apart, began to take his anxiety out on my daughter.
He bit her once, and then he bit her twice.
I couldn’t get out, but this might be the only way that he could.
My husband, although he didn’t seem to have much empathy for human life, was extremely attached to our Pug, and when it became clear that our Pug was at risk to be put down should he ever bit anyone again, my husband gave me the OK to find him a new home.
It broke my heart in more ways than I can even describe, but after a relentless and grueling search to find him the perfect home, he left our family… for someplace better.
Five years later and finally out of my abusive marriage, when I see his little face appear on my Facebook newsfeed — photos posted by members of his new family — a little part of my heart always breaks, and the rest of it swells with happiness because he is happy there.
This was never the way I had imagined his life with me playing out, but it is everything that I ever wanted for him; he is happy, safe, and loved.
I have been judged relentlessly and harshly over the years for rehoming one of my family members, but what people don’t seem to understand is that I found him a new home because I loved him, not because I didn’t want to love him anymore.
via: Eden Strong
It's hard to believe that there are people out there that can cause others harm. However, it was good on this doggy parents to get her Pug out of such a harsh environment so that he may live a happy life. Although others might find her decision to be heartbreaking, she did it out of love.
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Regina Pokropski
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I can understand the situation and how difficult it must have been but she did the right thing. He is happy and safe and that’s all that matters