Heartless Owner Wants To Euthanize Sad Senior Pup, Shelter Jumps In With A Better Notion

How would you feel if your friend and protector called you a “burden?”

That’s the name poor Coco was saddled with, and it almost led to a terrible and untimely demise.

Coco was 12 years old when she was picked up by animal services and deposited at LifeLine Animal Project’s Fulton County Shelter … it was the sixth time she’d been there in just one year!

Maybe the distressed pooch just wanted to get out of her current situation. But whatever the reason, Coco’s owner had had enough.

The owner threatened to euthanize Coco, calling her a “burden,” and that tragedy almost came to pass.

But Surrender Counselor Kim Meeks stepped in just in time, and fought for Coco’s life, as LifeLine’s PR Director Karen Hirsch told iHeartDogs:

“The last time she came in, her owner told us that she was a burden and he was going to have her euthanized by his vet.

We all had fallen in love with this sweet dog, and our Surrender Counselor Kim Meeks begged her owner to let us keep Coco so we could try to find her a home.”

And you know what? The owner at first refused! Why did he want to keep Coco just after threatening to put her down?

Well, the guy thankfully disappeared and never returned to the shelter, and that was great news for the sad pup. Because then, Meeks and the shelter could start looking for a new home for Coco!

Said Hirsch:

“We knew Coco deserved a family who would love her as much as she loved them, and that is exactly what she found!”

That’s right, the perfect family who would never, ever call Coco a “burden.”

Alicia and Eric McIntyre already had experience rescuing and caring for senior dogs when they brought Coco home, so the depressed pup was in very good hands.

She did, however, have to recover from a variety of terrible injuries, including a collapsed trachea. She was also missing most of her front teeth, and had even been shot with a pellet gun!

It’s a darn good thing Coco got out when she did, right?

The McIntyres have been quick to love the ailing dog and little by little, Coco has pushed through, and has made great strides both mentally and physically.

To celebrate, Coco’s new parents brought her to a pet supply store and let her pick out a special toy…

And here’s Chuck, a new best friend for Coco!

Things are definitely looking up for this wonderful four-legged friend, wouldn’t you say? 😀

Source: I Heart Dogs