I think everyone here feels passionately that when you bring an animal into your home, you are (SHOULD) be making a contract of responsibility and commitment to them.
But I think that another important point to remember is that sometimes, the animal/human match is just not a good one, for WHATEVER reasons.
It sounds to me like Denise and her family have tried and tried with Parker, and it's not our place to judge whether or not her methods of "trying" were the same as OUR methods of "trying" would have been. We don't live in her shoes, or her house, or her family, or her life. Bottom line is, she loved Parker, and she spent a lot of time and money and emotions and energy trying to help him fit into their life, and it just didn't work.
Now she's made the decision to give him a fresh chance in a new home, and I think that's her final act of love and kindness towards him as an owner. Good for her putting her marriage and her family first. And blessings on Parker and his new owner. |