<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

My MIL had an ancient maltese who died last year around Christmas of old age. And recently, she's been excitedly talking about wanting to adopt 2 puppies who are brothers because she doesn't want them separated. However, she really neglected her last dog, and both my husband and I agree that she's not going to take care of these new puppies well either.

The Maltese, which we'll call Fluffy, was always well-fed, but MIL worked long hours and was never home. The dog was kept indoors all day, and would end up urinating and defecating inside the house because nobody was around to let it out. When my husband and I moved back to living in the region, we tried to go to her house every day to let Fluffy out, but by that point, he had no house training anymore. The house perpetually stank of dog shit and piss, and when my husband and I helped rip up the carpet and wooden floor to put new ones in, they had literally turned completely black with mould.

She also never had the money to take Fluffy to the vet. Whenever he got sick, it was just a matter of waiting to see if he'd live through it or die. That, or she'd try to hit up husband and I for money, which makes us really uncomfortable (because we never knew if it was going to actually be used to Fluffy or frivolous stuff).

And that's not to mention how attention-starved he was. Fluffy was never really played with or touched...ever, except very, very infrequent baths. He'd get filthy, his fur matted with dirt and oil, so MIL wouldn't want to touch him. I almost wonder if he wasn't peeing in the house just to get some attention.

We've brought up our concerns to her as gently as we could to try and discourage her, but she just gets offended and dismissive. I don't think we could keep helping let her dog out every day for the next 16 years. What should I do?
<bot>: MIL wants to adopt two puppies after her last dog died. I don't think she's capable of taking care of them, but don't know how to discourage her gently.