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Open Image Modal\"This firefighter saved this dog from her burning home.\" (Via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image ModalGreg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in the East Limestone, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.) (credit:AP)
(03 of17)
Open Image ModalA man and his best friend. (Via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
(04 of17)
Open Image ModalDon\'t be scared. (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image ModalAn Indiana man enjoyed a tearful reunion with his dog Bandit five years after the beloved pet went missing in 2007, the New York Daily News reported in December.\n\n\"This is my little buddy,\" he said at an adoption center in Indianapolis. \"I’ve been missing him for five years.\" (credit:YouTube)
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Open Image ModalIn June 2010, a Fresno, Calif., family unable to afford emergency care turned their injured dog over to the SPCA to be euthanized. A staffer, however, was so touched by their heartfelt goodbye that the organization helped save the dog’s life, resulting in a tearful reunion. (credit:KFSN)
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Open Image Modal\"This photo captures the moment when this man was reunited with his dog after a fire gutted their home and firefighters saved the dog\'s life.\" (Via Facebook) (credit:Facebook/Dogs Are Family)
(08 of17)
Open Image Modal\"Keith Allison is out of work and struggling to support his family. Despite his own struggles he went out of his way to save Caleb, a dog left abandoned and neglected, when no one else would. For three weeks he took care of Caleb and searched for help to get Caleb safely captured.\" (Via Facebook) (credit:Facebook/Life With Dogs)
(09 of17)
Open Image Modal\"A boy and his dog reunited after Sandy.\" (credit:Imgur)
(10 of17)
Open Image Modal\"The first and last night with my pup... Rest in peace\" (via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
(11 of17)
Open Image ModalWe\'ll make it, I swear. (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image Modal\"My husband\'s dog greeted him at the airport in the morning,\" Redditor VonIsengard wrote. \"This dog is Daddy\'s princess. He wouldn\'t have forgiven me if I didn\'t bring her to the airport!\" (Via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image ModalAfter Kissimmee firefighters -- reportedly all animal lovers -- rescued two dogs from a fire, Engineer Gary LaTour revived one with mouth to snout resuscitation, according to a Facebook post. (credit:Facebook/Dogs Are Family)
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Open Image Modal\"This is my friend singing to his dog before he passed away.\" (Via Facebook) (credit:Facebook/Dogs Are Family)
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Open Image Modal\"What a difference 8 weeks makes.\" (via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image Modal\"My dad recently adopted a flunked guide dog. I think they like each other.\" (via Imgur) (credit:Imgur)
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Open Image Modal\"Our sweet Levi the day we got him in 1997 and the day we said goodbye in 2012.\" (Via Facebook) (credit:Facebook)