14 Times Dogs Proved Their Loyalty Triumphs Over All

In 2006, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Adam Leigh Cann, age 23, died in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan. He used his body as a shield to protect and save two fellow Marines and his military working dog, Bruno. Bruno still visits Cann's grave to mourn.

Kevin McLain didn't have a home, but he had a trusty friend in Yurt the dog since he rescued her at 6 weeks old. McLain had lung cancer, and on his death bed all he cared about was to get to see Yurt one last time and he held on until hospital staff let her visit to say goodbye.

Nine year old James Isaac has autism and doesn't like being touched or even speaking to other people, but gladly cuddles up to his service dog, Mahe. Mahe would never leave his side, even at the hospital.

Eizaburo Ueno, a professor at Tokyo University, loved his dog, Hachiko, like no other. Everyday, Hachiko would walk with Ueno to the train station and meet him when he'd return after work. On May 21, 1925, his owner suffered a hemorrhage and died. Hachiko heartbreakingly spent the rest of his life coming to the station on time everyday to wait for his owner to come back.

This dog would sleep with his head resting on his owners stomach every night. When the owner wondered why, she conducted a test and held her breath... the dog immediately started barking! Her dog would make sure that she never stopped breathing while asleep and fiercely protected her.

Leao was separated from her owner for over 2 years, but found her way back too late. She now rests on her owner's grave in Brazil every night.

Chi Chi the labrador was bred to be meat in Japan. She lost her paws and escaped her dinner plate fate to be adopted and given treatment and prosthetics. When she sees her host family, she still tries to run to them because she gets so happy!

After seeing the coffin of his master loaded onto a train at Fort Benton, Montana in 1936, Shep the dog faithfully waited for him to return for over six years.

This loyal dog was caught on camera bravely defending his dead friend from oncoming traffic.

Haus defended his seven year old owner and her grandmother from an attacking rattlesnake in their backyard. He suffered serious injuries from the snake's venom but managed to save his family and make a full recovery!

This dog waits in his owner's car every day after his owner died hoping he'll come back for him.

One woman had been a patient of this hospital for about a year before she passed, but her dog Masha would come visit every day for over two years since. Her owner's family tried adopting Masha, but she'd always escape to come back to the hospital. The hospital staff now makes sure she is cared for.

Jack the black retriever saved a small boy drowning in the River Tawe during the 1930s, but that's not all... Within a few weeks, Jack rescued another swimmer, this time with witnesses in attendance. And then more and more. Over the course of the next decade, Jack was reported to have saved at least 27 people from this dangerous river. The Mayor of London awarded him a silver collar for being the "Bravest Dog of the Year."