View post: Rare Dachshund Puppy Has Two Extraordinary Traits That Make Her Truly One of a Kind The ideal scenario for a shelter animal is that they leave the shelter and live happily ever after in their new forever home. If I had my way, that’s how they would all end, but that’s just not the case all the time. Sometimes, for one reason or another, they get returned. That’s exactly what happened to one kitten. He was returned after being adopted, and he was devastated by it.