05/11/2026
Please share ❤️🐾
Two weeks have passed since we made our plea for Kovu.
And we are heartbroken to say… nothing has changed.
We have tried everything we know to do. We have even tried Lexapro, hoping it would take the edge off his anxiety in the shelter. It has not even begun to touch it.
Kovu is suffering here.
He spins in circles constantly.
He drools so much that his floor is soaking wet.
He barks, pants, panics, poops everywhere, and paints his walls.
His feet are raw from the stress.
We leave him outside as much as possible because that is where he does the best, but with the heat coming, that is not a long-term solution. This cannot continue.
But here is what makes this even more heartbreaking…
Kovu is wonderful in a home.
In a home, he sleeps. He rests. He is gentle, even with kids. He is potty trained. He does not chew up furniture. He is calm, loving, and easy. In the right home, he is truly the ideal dog.
But the shelter is destroying him.
Kovu is not a dog who can mentally survive kennel life. His anxiety here is severe, and no amount of medication or management is fixing it.
So now we are at the point every rescue dreads.
It is time to call it.
Unless a foster or adopter steps up immediately, we are going to have to make the heartbreaking decision to give Kovu peace through humane euthanasia.
And before anyone judges that sentence, please understand this: keeping a dog alive in constant panic, fear, and mental suffering is not rescue. Sometimes the kindest thing is also the hardest thing.
Kovu is extremely dominant and does have guarding aggression, so he needs the right person, structure, and a safe setup. We will not place him irresponsibly.
But in a home, Kovu is not the dog you see falling apart in the shelter.
He is gentle.
He is clean.
He is respectful.
He is loving.
He just wants peace.
This is our final plea.
If there is someone out there who has the experience, the home, and the heart to help Kovu, now is the time.
Not next week.
Not someday.
Now.
Because Kovu’s body may still be alive, but mentally, this shelter is destroying him.
Please share. His life truly depends on the right person seeing this.
