I am with you on this one Jen, however i still think it is so sad when people continue to think of pets as being disposable, it is still wrong IMO, but the main thing here is Shadow is better off where he is, if he had stayed with the family just imagine how unhappy he would be, so there really is a happy ending, it is just the principle of it all that i dis-agree with as you all do, pets should never be adopted with the thought oh well we can always get rid if we have to, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.