[deonk1]

It takes a certain type of person to do work like that.... I've not done a lot with dogs, but I've helped rescue a few horses and we had one that my mother absolutely fell in love with. Her name was Magenta. She was horribly beaten, and the people who rescued her couldn't handle her (they rescued several from the house and asked us to work with the worst one, ie Magenta). So they got her off the trailer at our place, and we couldn't get her back on (or catch her) so we kept her.

After a few months of working with her, we made major progress, but she wasn't safe enough to be around kids and we have a public riding arena, because of the nature of our business, all horses must at least have a purpose, and our other rescues were at least brushable by kids and acted as therapy horses. This cute little pony needed a new home, and it tore us to bits thinking about sending her away; however, we found a wonderful woman to take her, she had no other horses and wanted a pet. She called us a month later and told us about all the immense progress this pony gained in the one month she had her, despite our months of trying to teach her things, and then I knew that sometimes we're only meant to be temporary homes for these rescues.

The point of this being, I learned that sometimes you just have to think about how happy you've made the other person who gained the animal, and think about the wonderful home you've given to the animal at the same time. Its not for everyone, but at least if you can think of these things with the two you've promised to work with you'll feel less heartbroken when it comes to find them their forever homes.