DOG LOYALTY - REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS DEAD OWNER IN 100 DEGREE HEAT - Forced into a dog shelter, he is now too overcome with grief to be able to eat or drink

Loyal dog refuses to leave the spot where owner died and guards his body for hours despite nearly 100F heat

The bull terrier was found protecting the body of his master in the searing Oklahoma summer heat

The owner died of natural causes and was believed to be a transient

Animal control officers struggled with the dog as he fought to stay with his dead owner

 

Now at the local shelter, the dog's defiance has turned to sorrow as he displays behaviors strongly associated with mourning: he refuses to eat, to drink.  Footage of the dog shows him unable at times to even muster the will to lift his head.  They're the classic signs of grief.  The shelter hopes to place him with a new family to mend his broken spirit. 

Read more and see additional pictures
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2692308/Loyal-dog-refuses-leave-spot-owner-died-guarding-body-hours-nearly-100F-heat.html

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