Well I love dogs and totally understand your feelings in this situation. If your daughter does not put forth any effort in taking care of the dog, then she doesn't seem to be too interested in the dog. I guess there are 2 ways to go about this......an honest way and a dishonest way. the honest way would be to do what openeyes and amandalouise suggested. I think those are both very good ideas as to how to handle this provided that your daughter is mature enough to honor those arrangements. If it's a situation where you think your daughter will not speak to you much or visit much once she moves out (one of those grudge holding type people) then you could go the less-than-honest route by sending the dog to live with a trusted friend and tell your daughter the dog ran off. once your daughter moves out, bring the dog back home to your house. If your daughter ever were to discover somewhere down the road that the dog was with you, just say you found him one day.