I think rehoming can be necessary, and is a good idea if done for the right reasons. We got Louie because a coworker of mine had rescued him, and as her son got older she could not get him to stop being rough with Louie. He would pull on his hair and ears and throw him around, and for some reason her son simply wouldn't stop, no matter what she did. It ended up escalating to her son being bitten, and she had no choice (in her mind) but to rehome him. She knew that we were looking for a dog, and we wanted a Yorkie, so it worked out really well, although we did still have to go through the rescue and officially adopt him because that's how her adoption contract had orignally read.
I feel incredibly blessed that she rehomed him. He has made us so incredibly happy, and is so happy with us, and my coworker even said that she can tell by the pictures that I have posted on Facebook how much happier he is, because he lounges around with DH, and is always with us, whereas at her house he was always hiding from her son. |