For shelter dogs, adoption is more than a fresh start. It represents love, safety, and the hope of finally belonging. When that chance disappears, the disappointment is profound.

Duke, lovingly called Meatball, learned this in a way no dog should.

After being overlooked at an Indiana shelter again and again, the eighty-pound Terrier mix finally got the moment he had waited for. He walked out of his kennel full of excitement, ready to join a family he believed would be his forever home.

But within a single day, everything fell apart.

A Promising Beginning Cut Short

The most heartbreaking part of Duke’s situation is that it was not the first time someone let him down. Duke first came to the DeKalb Humane Society in Indiana as a young puppy and was adopted into a home that seemed stab

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