A dog has once again found himself living within the confines of a shelter after his previous owners returned him.

Lucky, a 2-year-old Catahoula leopard mix, was first adopted from another shelter about a year and a half ago and lived in a house with children and another dog. He is housebroken, crate trained and walks well on a leash, but the owners had to surrender him.

“Lucky wanted to chase the neighboring chickens,” the shelter’s Facebook post reads. “He escaped several times despite their efforts…We don’t fault them. We were not in their shoes. We could see how hard the decision was for them.”

The original rescue facility no longer had space for Lucky, which is when the Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach, Florida, stepped in.

Not only has it been hard on the original owners and the shelter to see Lucky back in, but it’s been especially hard on him. His entire world was turned upside down.

Lucky recently got a break from his kennel and spent the day with shelter employees in the office. The shelter reported that Lucky was reserved and shy. He eventually settled in after getting some cookies and a blanket to lie on in the office.

“It melted our hearts to see him stop shaking and rest comfortably, even seek affection after just a little while,” the post says.

During his time in the office, Lucky was also comfortable enough to come nose to nose with a cat. However, the shelter still cautions potential adopters about how Lucky might act with smaller animals because he has a history of chasing smaller things that run.

The shelter wrote in the comments section of the December 4 Facebook post that Lucky used to live with a smaller dog and has since met a few other dogs. His previous owner said he was shy but friendly with unfamiliar dogs.

Newsweek reached out to the shelter via phone and Facebook for additional comment.

Shelter Numbers in the U.S.

Each year, 6.3 million pets are surrendered to shelters in the United States, for an average of 17,260 a day, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Around 920,000 surrendered animals are euthanized every year. Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs and behavior rehabilitation.

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