Family Refuses to Return Woman’s Lost Service Dog After Adopting Him

LaTonya Everhart has had her dog, Mr. Tipps, for over a decade, and he is even registered as her service dog. So when Mr. Tipps went missing back in March, Everhart was naturally devastated. But it’s what one shelter has done after taking in the dog that has left Everhart truly heartbroken. Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit adopted out her dog to another family and now says that there’s nothing they can do to reunite the dog mom with her pooch. Mr. Tipps wasn’t microchipped, and after being on a stray hold, was put up for adoption by the shelter. Image: LaTonya Everhart/ Facebook Once the adoptive family learned that their dog did, in fact, have a family of his own waiting for him, they refused to return him to Everhart, according to Click on Detroit. What makes the situation even sadder is that Everhart relies on Mr. Tipps to alert her when her blood sugar is off. “When my sugar would go high he would know before I would,” Everhart told Click on Detroit. “He would lay on my feet, you know, and keep nudging me with his nose.” Mr. Tipps originally went missing on March 13, when family was in town for the funeral of Everhart’s mother. “Someone left the door open accidentally and h...