Wanted: Pet Dog. Must Be Friendly, Housebroken and Maintain a Complementary Color Palette
Some people just aren't dog people, and no matter what you try to say to convince them, they see our canine companions as little more than barking, slobbering, scratching nuisances that spend more time licking themselves than being useful. Like members of Congress, but with the saving grace of loyalty.
One of the most difficult animal-related jobs out there is working at a pound, where stray animals are collected and workers face the frustrating reality of too many unwanted animals and not enough people to adopt the abandoned. Finding a good home for a pet must feel like a real personal victory when the only other option is putting the animal down.
So it's pretty understandable that pound workers were dumbfounded when one woman returned her dog because it didn't match her curtains. Go ahead and read that one more time. She adopted -- and then returned a dog -- for the heinous crime of the dog's coat not quite being consistent with the color scheme in her house.
Shelter workers say they've had animals returned to them for other questionable reasons, such as the dogs not being cuddly enough or refusing to bark, but this case was shocking and infuriating to the workers. It's hoped the woman won't try to find another dog in a more appropriate shade, but if she does, we can all hope that the new pooch gets to discolor her carpet in a most unsavory way.
