A 4-year-old dog who was returned to an animal shelter in Las Vegas for being “too boring” has found a loving foster home where he can nap all he wants.
Duke, whose breed has not been identified but appears to be a lab of some sort, was returned to the Las Vegas based-Animal Foundation this week. Within hours of the foundation posting about Duke being returned, a woman arrived to foster him.
Now Duke is at her home enjoying some down time, apparently his favorite pastime.
Kelsey Pizzi, a spokesman for The Animal Foundation, told USA TODAY on Friday that she met with Duke on Thursday and that “he was just relaxing the whole time.”
Pizzi added that Duke appeared to be very comfortable in his new space.
Family said Duke is a ‘constant napper’
Duke first arrived up at The Animal Foundation shelter on June 23 after he was found wandering lost in a Las Vegas neighborhood in the southwest part of town. Just a few days later, on July 6, a family adopted him and took him to his new home.
But the family’s vibe did not match with Duke’s, and they brought him back to the shelter earlier this week on Wednesday. The pup’s former family said he is “boring, sleeps all day, and doesn’t get up and greet them when they get home,” the shelter said in a post on Facebook.
“His constant napping and apparent lack of enthusiasm made him the wrong fit for his last family,” the foundation said in the post. “And that’s okay. We’re confident that there’s plenty of people who would vibe with…
