Seeing a dog in a shelter, you never really know what kind of story hides behind those sad, searching eyes.

But Rhoudy’s story, a three-year-old Terrier mix, left everyone shaken in a way they didn’t expect.

When staff at the Greenville Humane Society , South Carolina, first met this sturdy pup, they assumed he was just another shelter intake. That changed the moment they discovered a small handwritten note tucked in with his belongings.

It was a child’s drawing paired with a message so innocent and pure that it moved the entire team to tears.

A Note Too Painful To Read Without Tear

Even though little was known about his past, the scrap of paper that arrived with Rhoudy was one of the most difficult things his new caregivers had ever read.

Clearly, his family had made the painful

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