07/08/2025
Bendi was going to be euthanized. She is dog selective, and really needs to be the only dog in the home. Dogs like this have a really hard time finding homes. Bendi needed a miracle, and it came in the form of a foster home that didn’t have a dog. This foster did have a cat, and Bendi hasn’t ever really been around cats that were aware of. David King and I did take her to cat test her, and she had no interest. However- Bendi was previously adopted out against the advice of the original shelters adoption coordinator, she was set up to fail by her previous adopters. Bendi and the previous adopters dog got in a fight, resulting in the previous adopter getting bit by Bendi when they went to break up the fight. This puts Bendi at great risk of loosing her life in a shelter setting, despite it not being her fault. Because of this, we wanted to use an abundance of caution in setting up Bendi in any home with another animal. A really slow, proper introduction and the rule of 3’s were gone over with the foster to set up every member of the home for success. This is not a criticism against the previous shelter- their processes and procedures didn’t allow it to be denied. Please understand the difference between a municipally operated organization, and a private one in this instance. Thank you to everyone who has been advocating for Bendi. Please continue to pray that her current foster situation works out, and that she has found her forever home. We hope that all the other animals getting euthanized in shelters every day can get the same attention, support, and advocacy that was given to Bendi.
