“Too old”, “Too big”, “I don't like my dog ​​anymore”: the worst excuses heard, in shelters, when abandoning animals

Pet owners don’t always bother to come up with convincing excuses when they abandon pets at a shelter.

“Too big, loses too much hair, too old, no time … “, pet owners don’t always bother to come up with convincing excuses when they abandon pets at a shelter.

“It’s hard to say what is the worst excuse we have been given because there are plenty of them. A person has already told us that his She no longer liked dog after more than ten years of living together. She said that she no longer wanted to take care of it “, remembers Sébastien De Jong, president by Sans Collier. When an owner abandons an animal to Sans Collier, he must mention the reason for the abandonment in a form. According to Sébastien De Jonge, nearly 10% of the reasons given are a lack of desire.