No living being should experience the pain of being left behind by the ones they love. Unfortunately, dogs feel that heartbreak just as deeply as humans do when those they trust abandon them.

Oak, a one-year-old pup, learned this in the harshest way possible. When his owners loaded him into the car, he thought he was going for a fun ride. Instead, they drove him to an unfamiliar area, tied him to a tree behind Stray Rescue of St. Louis in Missouri, and walked away.

As they disappeared from sight, Oak waited patiently, unaware that they would never come back.

Holding On To Hope

At first, Oak was simply confused. He lay beneath the tree, glancing around, certain that his family would return for him soon.

While staff and volunteers at Stray Rescue were outside walking other dogs, they

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