A rescue dog is back at the shelter and appears despondent after being returned for the most soul-crushing of reasons.

In a video posted to her TikTok @ jjack.iie , Jackie Gonzalez, a dog care associate at the Valley Animal Center in Fresno , California, posted a clip of Lucy, a dog who she said was returned to the shelter for being "too boring and nervous."

Lucy cuts a nervous figure in the clip, shaking and clearly uncomfortable within the confines of the facility she now calls home. "Lucy struggles from lack of confidence, she is afraid and anxious of all her surroundings," Gonzalez told Newsweek .

"At the shelter Lucy is terrified, to hear dogs barking all the time is a high stressor for her. She barely moves from her corner just from how scared she is."

The clip has drawn

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