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Navy vet’s troubled life transformed after rescue by dogs Follow Us Question of the Day YORK, Pa. (AP) - Budhi Blair’s first dog was beaten to death in front of him. The dog had learned to protect him from abuse inflicted by a relative, and one day, the dog’s heroism was punished. This was how Blair’s life started, and it crumbled even more through the years since: a stint in the military that caused PTSD, the brutal death of his best friend, habitual drinking, a fight after...

YORK, Pa. — Budhi Blairs first dog was beaten to death in front of him. The dog had learned to protect him from abuse inflicted by a relative, and one day, the dogs heroism was punished. This was how Blairs life started, and it crumbled even more through the years since: a stint in the military that caused PTSD, the brutal death of his best friend, habitual drinking, a fight after a wedding that led to a long stay in prison, and a knife attack in jail. In the worst of his moments, though,...

"The only person that could interact with that dog was me. I looked at that dog, and I saw myself," Budhi Blair said.