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A dog who was adopted after spending over 900 days in an animal shelter has suffered the heartbreak of being returned just 24 hours later.
Sora first arrived at the Valley Animal Center in Fresno, California, just over two and a half years ago, having been surrendered by her owner. The Valley Animal Center is the largest no-kill animal center in the Central Valley.

For over 900 days, Sora struggled to attract much in the way of attention. That's not entirely surprising given the circumstances, with a 2014 study published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science highlighting how the average shelter visitor interacts with just one dog per visit and that these interactions last just eight minutes.
But staff at the shelter knew Sora had all the attributes necessary to make a great pet.

"Sora is a high-energy dog who loves to play and gets super excited anytime she gets to go on walks," Sim Kaur from the Valley Animal Center told Newsweek.

"She is great on walks and hikes, making her a good traveling companion. She also loves playing with tennis balls. She is lovable with humans and has tested well with children over the age of five."
Despite being overlooked for so long, Sora's luck looked to have changed recently after she caught the eye of a prospective pet owner visiting the shelter. Eventually, they decided to adopt the pup, and it seemed like Sora's story would get the happy ending it so richly deserved.

Then, every shelter pet's worst nightmare happened. Just a day later, her new owner called to say they would be returning the rescue pup. Sora was understandably heartbroken upon her arrival at the shelter, with a video posted to TikTok by @jjack.iie capturing the shelter dog looking especially sad to be back in familiar surroundings.

This development was a source of some frustration to Kaur who felt Sora's adopters should have given her more time to settle before making their decision.

"Being in a shelter for many years affects the mental health of our adoptables and it is no different for Sora," she said. "Sora did not get enough time to decompress in her new home and was introduced to new family members too quickly."

She hasn't given up hope of finding Sora the perfect home, though, and has already got a pretty clear idea of the sort of home that would suit her best.



Kaur said: "Although Sora does well with other dogs at the shelter, she is dog-selective, so we recommend she go to a home where she is the only pet. With her high energy, her future home will need to spend dedicated time with her for training."

Despite this setback, she remains as sure as ever that Sora will find her true forever home in due course.

"With patience and guidance, we know Sora can be a great addition to anyone's family."

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[Illidan Stormrage]

Pitbulls are hard-coded for maniacal violence on a genetic level. They’re the niggers of the dog world.

For every one Pitbull that magically turns out to be the “nanny dog” that dead egg wall bashing whores like to claim, there are literally thousands of anecdotes of bloody violence.

Disney and Marvel movies have given large swathes of the NPC audience this urge to keep a dangerous pet who apparently is “simply misunderstood”. Spoiler Alert: no, they are and always will be the monsters that they were made to be.

The lengths that shelters will go to and hide a single drop of pitbull blood being in their “forever home puppies” is some of the best comedy you’ll ever see.

I have no sympathy for idiots who want to bring these monsters into their homes. I only sympathize with their neighbors whose pets and children are playing Russian Roulette every single day by having such a menace in their midst.

 

[Mr. Bung]

Before opening the thread: "I bet it's a pitbull"

After opening the thread: "yep"

Play "guess the breed" and you're gonna be right 95% of the time.

 

[spaztocate9000]

Side hustle idea: if your shelter is full of shitbulls, start a fighting ring nannying competition on the side and make tons of money. Room in that shelter in no time, and more money for meth!

 

[The Ugly One]

I've known plenty of dogs that have been fucked up by previous owners, but never met a born bad dog.

The only reason good dogs exist is we've been euthanizing bad dogs for thousands of years. It's how domesticating animals works. And if you stop euthanizing bad dogs and start euthanizing good dogs, which is what nigger pit breeders do, you get bad dogs.

Virtually any mammal can be domesticated, you just have to kill the bad ones and let the good ones survive, and selectively breed them, as our ancestors did. People who claim this can't be done think domestication is just training.

 

[High Level Rad Waste]

Most of the dogs in shelters are pitbulls though. That doesn't mean they are bad dogs. But they probably had sketchier pasts than the toy poodle that was surrendered because granny died. When you go to a shelter there aren't many choices with dogs. Because people keep breeding pitbulls like crazy then abandoning the excess.

Pitbulls actually used to be considered an ideal child's pet. My grandfather had them as a kid in the 1920s. But that was a different time. Most pitbulls are being bred by ghetto trash who keep them locked up in dark basements all day. I really don't think there's any way to stop backyard breeders even if you impose harsh penalties for abuse. It's always going to be an uphill battle. These breeders pop up like hydra heads.

You should see the toadline thread if you think this is bad.

 

[W00K #17]

There is also a crisis of Appalachian and Southern Americans who abandon and ditch hounds. Hounds are the pits of the south.

Hounds are my favorite dogs tho. If you're right for it, rescue a hound, will bring you hysterical joy and love.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

I was talking to someone who was fostering some shelter puppies short-term.

They came to town to bring the puppies back but they ended up having to turn around and bring them back home because the shelter lead fucked off on vacation for a few weeks without informing them.

 

[Illidan Stormrage]

There is also a crisis of Appalachian and Southern Americans who abandon and ditch hounds. Hounds are the pits of the south.

Hounds are my favorite dogs tho. If you're right for it, rescue a hound, will bring you hysterical joy and love.

What kind of Hounds by the way ?

I’ve always had a soft spot for Bassets.

 

[Echo_Ender]

The Pitbull problem is really bad and a fairly recent (Last decade or so) one. My family has always adopted/rescued dogs. It used to be pretty easy, as the shelters were filled with lovable mutts.

Now you have to go out of your way to avoid Pitts and need to make sure they aren't trying to push a pit mix on you by bullshitting.

Most even had signs saying "We don't accept Rottweilers/Pitbulls because they are naturally aggressive breeds that require specialized training and unique homes". Those signs are conspicuously absent now and the shelters are flooded with Pit Mixes.

Shelters workers are depressed as hell about it. Almost all of these Pitts are coming from a certain Urban Demographic who breed them in bulk and sell/trade them to other Urban individuals.

They buy them because "I needs a mean ass dog to protect mah shit!". Then they freak out when the dog starts growling and snarling at them due to abuse/poor training or lunging at kids/other dogs and dump them somewhere (Often right outside the shelter at night).

A few shelters had to stop being "No-Kill" shelters specifically because of them.

 

[theshitposter]

Before opening the thread: "I bet it's a pitbull"

After opening the thread: "yep"

Pitbulls in shelters are like single moms with mixed race kids on dating apps: don't hold your breath, it's gonna be a while.

Does it really count as playing "Guess the Breed" if its obvious what it's gonna be?

Yet another "lab mix"


And when it does happen, its invariably a negroid or a meth head trailer trash whiteoid

the reason is if it were any other breed, it wouldnt have been posted in A&N
you guys are predictable, not the world

 

[The Hardest R]

My wife volunteers at a dog shelter. Where she volunteers, every non-shitbull gets adopted within a few days, some the very same day they get surrendered. Conversely, every dog that remains beyond a few days is a shitbull or shitbull mix. Some dumb white girl occasionally adopts one and they get surrendered within a few days once the social media high fades away and they realize they have an unruly, violent animal at home that they can’t control.

The only sane policy is to just euthanize them. That’ll make white girls sad so it’ll never happen but that’s the only logical approach. I don’t really give a shit if they were nanny dogs 100 years ago, all I give a shit is how they act now and they are wholly incompatible with modern society.

 

[derpherp2]

Gee, wonder why people barely interact with dogs in shelters.

Could it be that the process is contrived for something barely cheaper than the alternative method these fuckers bitched about for years to sell a shitty-ass pitbull that will either shit itself in the car, or try to eat a toddler?

Meaning people are nonchalant about the whole selection process - if not outright rejecting it, due to the absolute failure of the process thus leading to less adoptions.

 

[Fareal]

I vaguely object to describing mostly-pitbulls as "lab mixes", largely because there is probably no greater chasm in dog temperament than that between Labradors and pit bulls. I mean, there's a reason why people who are looking for a family dog are generally told, "yeah, get a Labrador". They are incorrigible thieves who bounce around like spacehoppers, but their capacity to show actual human-directed aggression to their kids is about as low as you are going to get with a domestic dog. A pitbull cross advertised as a "lab mix" is not a Labrador and is not going to act like one.

Any time you ever see a report of a fatal or serious dog attack, the dog is never a pure bred Labrador or golden retriever, is it? "Guide dog goes mental, three dead" doesn't happen. If you're going to live with a large, powerful domesticated predator, it's a good idea to select the most fucking docile ones possible.

 

[Male Idiot]

I felt bad, then shitbull.

A regular, non abused dog can totally stay sane. Even abused ones are mostly jittery.

Had a "years long abuse" rescue dog once, only problem was food. The dog would not be able to resist eating at all, for any reason. Well and it would fall over and cringe on its back if you stepped too near it, expecting a kicking. No shitbull issues, it was a non purebred weiner dog.

So no kill shelters are fine for normal dogs. They don't turn into psychos. Shitbulls are psycho by default.

But these pitties are the niggers of dogs, just like their owners are niggers.

The real kicker is, how many normal old dogs get culled so that these shitbulls can eat all the food they want from the shelter's budget?

 

[Echo_Ender]

What kind of Hounds by the way ?

I’ve always had a soft spot for Bassets.

Hounds are great, but know what you're getting. They were bred to hunt. So they bark, they dig, they chase small animals, and they sniff their way into EVERYTHING.

But in return you'll get one of the most quirky, loyal, social, even-tempered, and affectionate dogs you'll ever find.

The easiest hound to get is a Beagle or beagle mix. Very laid back, low maintenance, classic family dog.

Bassets are great too. We have one. But they have some specific quirks.

• Prone to obesity, so watch the food intake and avoid human scraps
• Big floppy ears get dirty easily and need a lot of cleaning. Baby wipes are good for this.
• They are DENSE. Literally. Bones are twice as dense as other dog breeds and they are pure muscle under their saggy skin. So they are deceptively heavy for their size. They are "Small to Medium" dogs, but average 50lbs.
• They have front legs that face sideways. This is a normal breed thing, but sometimes it goes too and becomes a deformity. Most are fine, but check with a vet about it.

 

[High Level Rad Waste]

A few shelters had to stop being "No-Kill" shelters specifically because of them.

I used to volunteer at a no-kill SPCA, most of the pits would get sent to the local pound to be put down. No-kill just means "well we're not the ones killing them." It's pretty grim, but they're generally the only dog that tried to maul the staff, each other, cannibalize their puppies, kill their littermates, and oftentimes eat their own tails if they weren't docked yet. They're built and wired differently than any other dog.

Saw another user mention it earlier but can't be assed to find it: the bullshit where pits are rebranded as labs is why lab bite statistics have gone up only in recent years, people are really really bad at identifying dog breeds and just trust what they're getting is what they're told. I blame that show Pitbulls and Parolees starting the pit mommy culture.

 

[mindlessobserver]

There is also a crisis of Appalachian and Southern Americans who abandon and ditch hounds. Hounds are the pits of the south.

Hounds are my favorite dogs tho. If you're right for it, rescue a hound, will bring you hysterical joy and love.

Unlike Pits, hounds CAN be trained. The problem is some heroin addict smoking dope in the holler ain't got time to train his dog.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

the reason is if it were any other breed, it wouldnt have been posted in A&N

You realize that for something to be posted to A&N, it has to first be published as an article somewhere?

Why wouldn't the news publish an article about a nice little Husky that sat in a shelter for 900 days and then got dumped back in after a day with the adoptive family?

Probably because a Husky would never sit 900 days in a shelter to begin with.

The minute you see the headline you KNOW what kind of dog it is. Stop putting the cart before the horse, we both know which one is the cause and which one is the effect.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Saw another user mention it earlier but can't be assed to find it: the bullshit where pits are rebranded as labs is why lab bite statistics have gone up only in recent years, people are really really bad at identifying dog breeds and just trust what they're getting is what they're told.

It’s kinda like how the number of women who commit sexual assaults has suddenly increased

the reason is if it were any other breed, it wouldnt have been posted in A&N
you guys are predictable, not the world

The first article I found was republished.
This one specifically. This is the photo they published.



Out of curiosity of what the dog actually looked like I found the original article then decided to post it here.

 

[NyQuilninja]

As painful as this maybe the dog is probably beyond rehabilitation as such living in dog jail is far more inhuman then a quiet painless death.
Pitbulls are not pets