Pitbull adopted to us that bit husband

Madison, New Jersey

PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ADOPTING FROM ST. HUBERT'S.

We adopted Butterscotch from St. Hubert's knowing that he had previously suffered stab wounds. Everything other then that was extremely hush on their end.

A few months after bringing him home, Butterscotch severely bit my husband, causing injuries that required emergency medical treatment.

Because of the severity of the incident, we returned Butterscotch to St. Hubert's.

While we were surrendering him, a St. Hubert's employee privately told my husband information about Butterscotch that we had never been given before the adoption. According to my husband, the employee told him that Butterscotch had previously been considered non-adoptable by shelter leadership and trainers because of serious prior incidents. The employee had described an incident in which a woman's face was permanently injured and her husband suffered multiple severe bites while intervening, ultimately resulting in an amputation. The employee also told him that this incident was how Butterscotch received his stab wounds.

We were absolutely shocked. This was definitely information we would have wanted to know before bringing this dog into our home and could not believe what we were hearing. Why would they adopt us this dog in the first place? We can't help thinking about how much worse the outcome could have been if a family with young children had been in our position.

We later contacted St. Hubert's because we wanted answers. We were heartbroken over the entire situation and thought it was extremely unfair to us that they adopted us Butterscotch after what we were told when surrendering him.

We were told that they do not adopt out dogs considered non-adoptable and that Butterscotch had no prior bite history. The employee that gave my husband this information is the one that denied it over the phone and kept repeating those words over and over again almost like she was forced to say that.

We wanted to give a dog a loving home. Instead, my husband was seriously injured, we had to surrender a dog we cared about, and we were left heartbroken and deeply disappointed by the entire experience.

I'm sharing this because prospective adopters deserve to know about our experience.

I truly hope no other family ever has an experience like ours. And it's important people are aware of this because like I said what if it had been a family with small children.