A Loving Puppy, Returned to the Shelter One Year After Adoption, Faces Heartbreaking Uncertainty. Now, He Embarks on a Dramatic Quest for a New Forever Home

When a dog is adopted, everyone at the shelter hopes that his story ends with “and he lived happily ever after,” but unfortunately this does not happen in all cases.

Roland, now named Shorty, lived for a time at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Conroe, Texas, after being rescued from the streets.

The furry boy was there until he was two years old, when a couple became interested in him and wanted to take him home.

For this reason, the caregivers did not hesitate to share their photos on social networks and then interested people began to write.

After passing through several filters, the dog found a couple who promised to make him happy, but everything changed.

Little is known about that year in which the dog was outside the shelter, but in 2020 Shorty reappeared at the place with a radical change.

The dog was in bones, he had lost so much weight that his ribs could be counted through his skin. In addition to that, the canine is no longer that happy little dog that came out of the shelter.

Apparently Shorty’s owners went through some financial problems as a result of the pandemic: they had been left without work and without a residence. These people were forced to sleep on the street, inside a vehicle, and barely had enough to eat.

Shorty was very weak and the owners were forced to make the decision to return him. Perhaps they did so a little late, but at the shelter they decided to receive him and pray that all was not lost with the little dog.

Jamie understood that his former owners had gone through a lot of hardship, but he didn’t understand how they could have allowed the little dog to fall into that state.

As the days passed, the little dog grew stronger and surprised Jamie by standing up.

The little dog showed an incredible spirit and the strength that many sometimes lack. Shorty was able to recover in a month of care and recovered more than 15 kilograms in those 30 days.