Give a dog up. It escapes TWICE and finds it’s way home across 20 miles. And you still don’t take it back and merely send it further away?
Some people shouldn’t be surprised what awaits them in the hereafter.
The story does make it appear they did not want to give her up. We don’t know the health issue but how do you make a landlord accept your pet?
Actually I know the answer. They did’t think to claim the dog as a therapy dog.