Austin’s concerns are definitely understandable. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), approximately 3.3 million dogs enter U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year. The organization states that the most common reasons why owners rehome their pets are problematic and aggressive behavior, or the animal grew larger than expected, or health issues they couldn’t handle. And while 620,000 of these dogs are reunited with their families and 1.6 million are adopted, roughly 670,000 are euthanized.