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They Moved Away And Left Their Dog Crying At The Door. But Moments Later… Oh My.

Dogs can sometimes be heartbreakingly loyal. This little girl waited by the door to her home for days. She sat there, not moving, just crying for her owner to let her in. But that wouldn’t happen because her owner had moved away, abandoning the dog to fend for herself.


Luckily, a neighbor saw the dog, crying on the doorstep of its previous home in Fresno, California, and the neighbor made a plea to Facebook, trying desperately to find help for the dog.



A woman named Shirley Martindale-Horner responded to the call and picked the dog up. She brought her to a groomer because her hair had gotten impossibly long. She later named the dog Aubrey, and Aubrey drew quite a following on the Internet.

Image Credit: Facebook / Islas Argentina

Thousands of people saw her photos, and they all sent messages of support to her and her adoptive family. Aubrey’s pictures were first available on the page “Lost & Missing Pets in the 559 Fresno County” (sic). Her original post has been shared over 8,000 times.

Image Credit: Facebook / Islas Argentina

After letting the world know that Aubrey had been taken to the groomer, and after showing the world what she now looked like, Shirley had one more piece of information to share with the Internet. She told everyone that a home had been found for Aubrey.

Image Credit: Facebook / Islas Argentina

People were ecstatic, and those who had been following the story of course wanted to know who Aubrey would be staying with and where exactly that home was. That was easy because Aubrey wouldn’t be going far at all. She would be staying with Shirley.

Image Credit: Facebook / Islas Argentina

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