Adopting away a dog is difficult in many ways, from both sides, the dog(s) and human(s). The person that is adopting doesn't know what he is bringing into his home, and the dog(s) has no clue whom his new pack leader is, and where his place in the pack will be.
In many ways it is like adopting a child. In some cases no one knows the background/history. Some people that are adopting dogs think that as soon as the dog gets a new home he will be thankful, not chewing or eating furniture! Instant calm, instant inclusion, instant and total understanding! It should also be viewed as a "forever committment" just like when adopting a child.
Dogs don't think for a moment that they will be cast off from their family, instinct tells them that to be abandoned by the pack is because of something terrible. They don't understand things like moving, inconvienience or divorce... all human issues not animal issues.
Of course it is a lot of joy and Amore too, the animals are fantastic companions.
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