Kaley Cuoco is going through backlash after she recalled the “excruciating decision” she made to rehome her beloved pet canine.
On Monday, Cuoco took to social media to elucidate her reasoning behind rehoming her pet whereas asserting her canine’s demise.
“Most of you know I had [Shirley] for many, many, many years,” Cuoco started in a video uploaded to Instagram.
“All of a sudden, you kind of stopped seeing her, and I started to get a lot of questions as to where she was, because it’s very unlike me to just stop posting about a dog that I’ve had since she was 6 weeks old,” she continued.
Cuoco defined that Shirley’s “mega fights” along with her fiance Tom Pelphrey’s canine in the end led to the rehoming.
“Lengthy story quick, she’s a really particular canine to me, as you all know. And when the love of my life got here into my life, Tom, who can be a mega canine lover, moved throughout the nation along with his stunning German Shepherd, Blue.
“A couple years ago, unfortunately, Blue and Shirley started getting into some mega fights,” Cuoco continued.
The Huge Bang Concept star defined that Shirley was “determined to kill” Blue and that issues stored getting worse.
“I loved her so much, but I was really scared. I didn’t want something really bad to happen or possibly a person accidentally be there and get hurt,” she mentioned. Cuoco rehomed the canine along with her pet handler, Tony and his spouse Angie, who have been serving to care for Shirley for her.
“They have loved her so so much, and it was an excruciating decision,” she defined.
The actress then shared that Shirley just lately handed away from “a very aggressive bone cancer.”
“She was almost 14 years old, which is an unbelievable life for a dog,” Cuoco mentioned whereas crying. “And I just wanted to share her story and what we had to do.”
Following her confession, Cuoco started going through backlash from followers on social media who have been sad along with her determination.
“If your boyfriend brought his kid into your home, would you give away his kid or yours if they didn’t get along?” wrote one. “There’s not a shot in hell I would give away my dog for any bf. Poor Shirley was never considered family; she was just a disposable animal!”
A second ranted: “One day he’ll be out her life and she’s going to regret that she made that choice”
“She is a victim for throwing her DOG AWAY? GET LOST,” commented one other, complete a fourth hit out: “Really? No, re-home his selfish a**!”
“There’s no way I would give up my dog for some new dude and his dog. Dumps dog for new guy and his dog.” wrote one other. “Why didn’t the boyfriend give up his dog? Why didn’t they put both dogs through a training/behavioral program?”
