No dog should ever have to endure the pain of being cast aside. Yet Stanford, a Pit Bull mix, knew that heartbreak intimately. His family left him behind at a park in Georgia and walked away, never looking back.

Fortunately, a kindhearted family found him and contacted Rockdale County Animal Shelter . The staff welcomed Stanford with open arms, grateful he was safe.

The family couldn’t forget him. After falling for the sweet pup, they returned to the shelter, filled out an adoption application, and stopped by his kennel to say goodbye, promising they’d be back soon.

For the first time in a long while, Stanford felt hopeful. But that hope didn’t last.

A Goodbye That Broke His Heart

When the family returned, Stanford stood on his hind legs, pressing his paws through the kennel bars, e

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