Nevada Rescue Dog Looking for a Home Again After Family Returned Pet for Being 'Too Boring'

Mar. 15, 2025

Duke the rescue dog.Photo:The Animal Foundation/Instagram

The Animal Foundation/Instagram

The shelterposteda sweet snap of the 87-pound black Labrador retriever receiving pets from a caretaker and a caption describing the situation.

“Duke is looking for a new home because his constant napping and apparent lack of enthusiasm made him the wrong fit for his last family,” The Animal Foundation wrote in the caption. “And that’s okay. We’re confident that there’s plenty of people who would vibe with 4-year-old Duke’s lack of energy.”

The shelter likened the chill pup to a teenager, saying his former family called him “boring” because he “sleeps all day and doesn’t get up and greet them when they get home.”

The Animal Foundation continued to joke, “So if anyone has ever told you, ‘you must be fun at parties,’ Duke is your guy.”

The shelter also stated that Duke is likely potty trained and is referred to as a “potty dog” at the shelter, meaning “he needs to get out of his kennel to go to the bathroom.”

Since returning to The Animal Foundation, Duke has been placed in a foster home, but he’s still looking for a permanent residence, per a social mediaupdatefrom the shelter.

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“We know there’s a perfect match out there who’ll appreciate his laid-back vibe,” the Nevada facility optimistically added.

According to theshelter’s website, it is “one of the highest volume single-site animal shelters in America” and has an open-admission policy for all animals, from dogs and cats to chickens and exotic animals.

The organization found that 9,210 animals were returned to their place of adoption out of the 313,518 intakes in the data set.

source: people.com