The Boy Named Sue becomes the Boy Named Stu

I received a call this afternoon from the person who adopted Sue. She decided that she doesn't have the time to take care of a puppy and wants to do what's best for the dog so that he has a better life.

Sue is also known as Stu now so that people don't think he's a girl. Apparently Vicky was getting phone calls from people thinking that he was a girl even though his Petfinder profile states that he's a male.

We'll be picking up Stu tomorrow evening. Originally we were going to take in Shelly the beagle, Stu's mom but with the return of the puppy we'll be taking him instead.

This is the first dog we've fostered who has been adopted and then returned. Well, Sally was returned but that was after eight months or so. An older couple adopted her and found out that they were allergic. They tried for months to make it work since they really loved Sally but in the end they had to return her. So I don't count that as a "real" return. ;)

I knew that eventually one of "our" dogs would be returned. I'm happy that it took until dog 26 and 15 months for it to happen for the first time.