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After seeing a viral TikTok of two dogs abandoned by their owner, Barbara Holbrook drove to the remote site to rescue them herself

Using wet cat food and quiet patience, she coaxed the frightened dogs out of the woods after nearly an hour

Holbrook urges others to take effective action if they are in a similar situation

Under the autumn sky, Barbara Holbrook pulled over her car on the side of a rural road, clutching a can of wet cat food and hoping she wasn’t too late.

Somewhere beyond the brush, two frightened dogs — abandoned by their owner and caught on video being dumped — were still waiting, as if the person who left them might return.

“I saw the Facebook reel before I ever saw the TikTok,” Holbrook tells PEOPLE. “It was Friday evening, and I’d called off work that d

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