I've read this poem before too. I loved it!!!! As I'm a firm believer in adding a dog to your family is a life time investment. My husband and I are splitting up and though the option to move out and just leave the huge house payment behind was an option, I've chosen to be house poor so that my Great Pyrenees can have his yard. Moving him to an apartment (though he's not an overly active dog) would depress him IMO as he loves to run the fence line and check his property several times a day
And re-homing him is not something I'm willing to do! He is my baby and I'd work 16 hour shifts if I had to, in order to keep him.
I love, love, love that poem!!!! Thanks for sharing! I wish every animal shelter would frame a copy of that and hang it on their walls. Or paint it in a large mural on their wall. It hits home that well IMO.
And newly adopting parents should be made to read it and asked if they could see their selves doing that to then new family member if their lives changed as this owner did. Might make some people really think before they commit. And for those who chose not to adopt after reading, they would be the ones that returned the puppy once they were tired of it anyway.