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 the dog she scheduled to be euthanized a year ago turned up alive on an adoption site. 

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

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

Veterinarians told her that Beau likely had neurological issues, and after holding out for several weeks she eventually succumbed to their advice that it would be more humane to put him down. 

Kristie Periera, 32, was stunned to discover her puppy Beau that she scheduled to be euthanized a year ago turned up alive on an adoption site 

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

She says she was told 'there's a very slim chance of finding what is wrong', and 'even if we do, there’s an even smaller chance of it being something that we can fix.' 

As the dog's condition deteriorated, she was told by veterinarians and an animal emergency room that his symptoms - an inability to lift its hind legs or control its bowels - meant Beau likely had a neurological issue. 

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

'Honestly, I mean, after I talked to them is really when I felt, you know, that I was going to be doing the right thing by putting him down,' Pereira said. 

'They really gave me that support and that encouragement that, although it’s hard, sometimes that’s the best thing to do.' 

Vets initially believed Beau suffered from a neurological condition, but he was later found to have a liver problem 

She paid $15 to have the dog euthanized in late March 2023, and was told that she couldn't be with her puppy as the shelter had a policy of not allowing owners to witness the moment their pets are put down. 

Periera left heartbroken, and believed Beau was dead for a year until she went back to Maryland from Texas to visit her mother, when she visited the rescue shelter's website out of curiosity. 

She said she was stunned to see a picture of Beau, with the same markings that identified him, but with a new name of Amos Hart after a character in the musical 'Chicago.' 

The shelter then admitted that the puppy was never euthanized because vets changed their minds and decided he didn't need to be. 

The rescue added to the outlet that further tests found Beau was actually suffering from a liver problem, and was rehabilitated following a $7000 surgery paid for by a GoFundMe campaign. 

Periera said she was left in the dark and had no idea about the surgery, and said she would be willing to pay the $7000 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 that I left him to die. That I never cared about him.' 

In a statement, the shelter defended the decision to keep hold of the dog, saying it 'does not re-home an owner-surrendered dog with its former adopter' 

She was told Beau 'will never go back to you', before they hung up on her. 

In a statement, the shelter defended the decision to keep hold of the dog, saying it 'does not re-home an owner-surrendered dog with its former adopter/owner.' 

'Our mission is to save adoptable and safe-to-the-community dogs from euthanasia.' 

The shelter said it had offered advice to Periera, but condemned her for not consenting to more testing to look into the suspected neurological issues.