It's the right thing to do. I, too, think you should take pets from a shelter in the first place. I have several dogs at home, and one of them is a dachshund that my aunt bought for her four-year-old son two years ago. I was horrified by this news and tried to explain to her that a young child wouldn't be able to take good care of a dog without the help of parents who were always at work. So it turned out that the puppy chewed on their things, had problems with the toilet... After a month, they wanted to give him to a shelter, and I just came and got him. The little guy was very dirty, and on the way, I went straight to the pet store to get him some food and picked out one of the 5 best shampoo for dachshunds.