Wow kid stfu it's not that serious

You stfu, asshole. It's a statement of fact. The fact is that this couple does not want this dog. For the OP to bring it back to the home is to risk them doing something worse than re-dumping it. When I was a kid, we had neighbors who had a dog that, while cute as a puppy, grew into an annoying, dirty pest. The parents were fed up but their little girl was crazy about him. Instead of taking him to a shelter, they dumped him across down and told the little girl he ran away. A couple of months later, the mother was horrified to hear the little girl squealing exictedly, "Muffin! You're back!" Sure shooting, the rotten thing had found its way home. The next day, Muffin was dead. I was about 8 at the time but even I figured out right away that the parents had killed the dog. This is not to say that the OP's parents would murder the dog if the OP dragged it home again. The point is that the OP lives with his or her parents and, right or wrong, parents call the tune in their own homes, so the dog would only be making a U-turn back to the shelter. We are back to the sin being the lie, not the getting rid of the dog. Again, stunned by the level of stupidity demonstrated by most people here. If the parents want to take the dog to a shelter, that's their right as the homeowners and the parents. You all expect to call the tune in the homes you own or hope to own, don't you? Why do you think this couple doesn't have the same right? Just because you would have kept the dog does not mean they were wrong to get rid of him and at least they took him to a shelter and didn't dump him across town or kill him. However, they were wrong to lie to the OP. It would have been much better to say, "OP, we know you love Fido but he is ruining the house and requires too much care and we do not want him, so we are taking him to a shelter where he has a chance at finding a home with a family who won't mind his doggy stink and messes." They didn't want the drama with the OP, which they now have anyway, so it would have been better to just be up front.

Your dumb

Damn, you write a lot.

I don't think parents see it as a mindfuck; I think they see it as a "we are the parents, we own the house, we don't want the pet so we are getting rid of it even though you love it." In your case, your parents did not want a house full of cats. In the OP's case, the parents didn't want the dog. In both cases the parents wanted the drama to be minimal so in your case they gave away the cats while you were away so it was a done deal when you got back. To give them away while you were home was to put up with you kicking and screaming and perhaps hiding the cats or whatnot. To do it when you were away was easier for them. Sure, you were upset but they figured you'd just get over it. In the OP's case, the parents tried to eliminate the drama by lying, which has now blown up in their faces. Not that I am a fan of what your parents did, but to their credit, they told you to your face that they got rid of your cats. The OP's parents lied to the OP about the dog, which is far worse. Frankly from the way things seem to be going, it is apparently better for families to just not get pets to begin with. It seems to end up with the parents getting fed up and unloading the animals and the kids being hurt. With the economy being the way it is, families are dumping pets because they can no longer afford to care for them, so I would hesitate to judge any parents who are unloading pets at this time. It may be out of financial necessity and they don't want to admit to their kids that they are having problems. I'm not saying that is why your parents gave away your cats; I'm just putting it out there that some families are being forced to make hard choices.