Woman took disabled puppy to be euthanized after he cried constantly – but is now furious after shelter decided he was healthy and put him up for adoption

A Texas woman was stunned to discover that the dog she wanted to put to sleep a year ago turned up alive at an adoption site.

Kristie Periera, 32, said she is desperate to get her pet Beau back and says she has no idea why the shelter where she left the pooch now has him for sale.

After paying $450 for the dog mix in 2022, she said she instantly fell in love with the pet, but after several weeks realized something seemed wrong with the dog.

Vets told her that Beau probably had neurological problems, and after putting up with it for several weeks, she finally gave in to their advice that it would be more humane to put him to sleep.

Periera said she was warned that attempting to care for the puppy could cost her more than $12,000, and even then, vets would likely struggle to rehabilitate him.

She says she’s been told “the chances are very slim that we’ll find out what’s wrong,” and “even if we do, it’s even less likely that it’s something we can fix.”

As the dog’s condition worsened, she was told by veterinarians and animal emergency physicians that his symptoms — an inability to lift the hind legs or control the bowels — meant Beau likely had a neurological problem.

Periera insisted she was not in favor of euthanizing the puppy, but was eventually talked into it by staff at the shelter, Lost Dog and Cat Rescue in Maryland, where she worked at the time before moving to Texas.

“Honestly, I mean, after I talked to them, I really felt like I was going to do the right thing by taking him down,” Pereira said.

“They really gave me that support and that encouragement that even though it’s hard, sometimes that’s the best thing you can do.”

Vets initially thought Beau was suffering from a neurological condition, but it later turned out he had a liver problem

She paid $15 to have the dog put to sleep in late March 2023 and was told she could not be with her puppy because the shelter had a policy of not allowing owners to witness the moment their pets are put down .

Periera left heartbroken and believed Beau had been dead for a year until she returned to Maryland from Texas to visit her mother, when out of curiosity she visited the rescue center’s website.

She said she was stunned when she saw a photo of Beau, with the same markings that identified him, but with the new name Amos Hart, after a character from the musical “Chicago.”

The shelter subsequently admitted that the puppy was never euthanized because veterinarians changed their minds and decided it was not necessary.

The rescue added that further tests revealed Beau was actually suffering from a liver problem and was rehabilitated after a $7,000 operation paid for by a GoFundMe campaign.

Periera said she was left in the dark and had no idea about the surgery, and that she would be willing to pay the $7,000 cost of the surgery to get her pet back.

And when she called the shelter, she said the person on the other line was “rude and disrespectful” to her, and accused her of “abandoning him and leaving him to die.” That I never cared about him.’

In a statement, the shelter defended the decision to keep the dog, saying it “does not rehome an owner surrendered dog to its former adopter.”

She was told that Beau will ‘never come back to you’ before they hung up.

In a statement, the shelter defended the decision to keep the dog, saying it “does not rehome an owner surrendered dog to its former adopter/owner.”

“Our mission is to save adoptable and safe dogs from euthanasia.”

The shelter said it had given Periera counseling but condemned her for not agreeing to more tests to investigate the suspected neurological problems.