Father bringing an animal back to the temple (6)
I believe the answer is:
pagoda
'the temple' is the definition.
(pagoda is a kind of temple)
'father bringing an animal back' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'bringing' says to put letters next to each other.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'animal' becomes 'dog' (type of animal).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'dog'='adog'
'adog' backwards is 'goda'.
'pa'+'goda'='PAGODA'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for pagoda that I've seen before include "Hindu or Buddhist temple" , "Buddhist temple, pyramid-shaped with many tiers" , "Buddhist tower with several stories" , "temple? Quite the opposite" , "Temple - a GPO ad (anag)" .)