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For Dixie the dog, the worst part of every weekday is the morning. Hopping into the car with her family, she stressfully paces around when they arrive at their destination. Watch how heartbroken the poor pup becomes when she realizes her best friend has left for the school…AGAIN:

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She just loves him so much…3 p.m. couldn’t come sooner!

This past week in Jacksonville, Florida, tragedy took the life of 42-year-old Kelly Black. A tractor-trailer that was at at a Kangaroo on Chaffee Road hit this woman, dragged her body, and drove off. The only witness to the hit-and-run? Kelly’s dog, Paco.

Paco never left Kelly’s side. He waited as the police arrived, covered her body, and took her away. Filled with grief, the dog refused to leave.

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Try as we might to explain to our sweet pets that we, sadly, sometimes must leave their side for our silly human things (like working to buy their food and toys), they never quite seem to get it. Their poor little hearts break every time we walk out that door.

These pooches tried to be patient when their owners left for the day. After time kept passing without their return, the cuties just couldn’t hold their anxious feelings in anymore — they had to howl it out.

“Where did you goooo?! Come baaaack!!”

Hopefully the humans have understanding neighbors who don’t mind the adorable dramatic doggies next door. They just have so many emotions.

When a human acts out in an effort of self defense, there is a chance that they will be forgiven for their crime. When an animal does, however, the logistics are a little more tricky. This is a predicament that happens much more often than you’d think, and a sweet pup named Blue Diamond is living through the nightmare that comes after.

Terry Miller rescued Blue from another abusive family member when the pit was only three months old. For the next seven years, Miller and his loyal dog became the best of friends. The trouble came around when Miller had to move in with his ailing mother to take care of her full-time…but his previously abusive nephew also lived there.

When the nephew made an advance at Miller, Blue Diamond jumped in to protect his life-long best friend and rescuer. He bit the nephew and, in the confusion of the scuffle, unfortunately also clamped down on Miller’s mother. The dog was taken away form the family and placed into quarantine for a month, and is now on the most urgent list to be saved from being euthanized.

Blue Diamond can’t return to his dad’s home, since it’s also the home of the abusive nephew…

So Miller takes a cab to the shelter every day to sit outside of Blue’s cage from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., even though Miller is battling cancer himself.

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Blue couldn’t help but defend his owner against their mutual abuser, but now his life is in danger as a result of his instinct to protect the man who saved him.

Just look at this innocent face:

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Blue is desperate for a foster home in the Gardena, California, area and needs all the help he can get finding one. Share his story to get the word out about this loyal and sweet pup…hopefully a combined effort will find this dog a new life outside of this concrete cell and away from his abusive past.