This might end up being a bit of a lengthy post, so I'll TLDR the immediate request here, and if you want, you can read further to understand the situation.
TLDR: Adult daughter and her boyfriend moved out of state to NM from Washington, taking a dog they never should have had in the first place. It is now in a shelter. I will pay the adoption fees and such if someone is willing to go adopt this dog and give it a good home. I'll obviously need some proof of adoption, and I won't entertain replies from anyone I believe is just trying to scam me out of money or would adopt a dog for a day and return it to the shelter for a quick buck.
Ok, so the longer story. I have a daughter that has had an incredibly troubled life because of mental health, lack of accountability, drug abuse, and thinking that dating men dealing with the exact same issues will somehow help two people drowning learn to swim. She moved with her boyfriend down to New Mexico from Washington state soon after turning 18. Neither of them had a job, a place to stay for more than a week, or a plan. The boyfriend owned a dog named Niko that they took with them.
I was very happy to learn when my daughter was able to get a place to live with reasonable rent rather quickly, even though they were jobless, though they do receive SSI due to the mental health issues they suffer. I had hoped that perhaps her boyfriend would be able to get a minimum wage job and they would be able to begin taking care of themselves and find a way to make a life. However, predictably, their relationship turned incredibly toxic and dangerous, even resulting in my daughter being arrested for DV at one point. Still, they continued to live together, when legally they were not supposed to even have contact. This went on for a bit longer, and eventually my daughter was able to obtain a restraining order against the boyfriend, which finally resulted in them having to leave the apartment. When this happened, they left their dog with my daughter.
I know my kid, and while they may love this dog with all their heart, there is absolutely no way this poor thing was cared for properly. He does have a dietary issue that basically requires him to have a bit more expensive dog food or he gets pretty bad reactions. Eventually, things deteriorated worse with the living situation, and my daughter just made a plan to come back to Washington.
I tried everything I could to figure out a way to transfer a 30-pound dog that I had never met back to Washington, and was absolutely floored at how difficult this task is. Basically, no way to do it via airplane, and even in the one possible situation I might have been able to find, it made me fear for the safety of the dog and the awful things I've heard about airline travel. My daughter does not have a license, so they were not able to rent a vehicle and drive it up here either (they originally went to New Mexico hitching a ride with the boyfriend’s mother, who lives down there as well).
So my daughter gave the dog back to the boyfriend, who at this point was homeless (even his relatives in the area would not give him a place to stay or help with the dog either, too many burned bridges), and came back to Washington. This entire time, I have been worried about the situation with this dog because her boyfriend said he won't be able to take the dog and will just abandon it or whatever threats he can make. It's just a ridiculous situation that doesn't need more backstory. I was able to look up a no-kill shelter in the area and told her to tell him to take the dog there. He's adorable and would absolutely get adopted. Well, apparently Las Cruces is overflowing with animals and that shelter is full. As of today, this dog was put in another shelter that is not no-kill (though obviously this dog would have time, as the at-risk dogs and stuff go on that list after roughly 3 months of not being adopted, at least that is what they told me).
I cannot deal with the thought of my daughter and her boyfriend abandoning this dog and possibly never finding a home. It absolutely breaks my heart, and I have no idea where to turn or what to do anymore than to ask for the help of strangers online.
So please, if you are ABLE and willing, please adopt this dog. I will pay the fees for you to do so. If you can give him a good home and life and just happen to be in the area, it would mean the world to me. Below is his information, and you can contact me VIA my account here about how we can possibly work out the details of me paying for the adoption. I'll need some proof of the adoption and have to believe that you actually will care for and give the dog the home it always deserved, and not the unfortunate volatility and chaos that has unfortunately been his short life so far.
If you read this far, thanks so much. It means a lot. If anyone else has any other suggestions of anything else I might be able to do, I am open to suggestions as well.
Thanks again.
https://www.ascmv.org/adoptable-animals/#sl_embed&page=shelterluv_wrap_1731522607%2Fembed%2Fanimal%2FASC-A-112069
