This is the heartbreaking moment a dog desperately chased after the owner who abandoned it at a gas station on the side of a Louisiana road . A witness snapped the photograph after she saw a man drop off the dog on Highway 11 in Slidell . She said the owner yelled at his pet to 'Go ! Go over there ! ' Lorie Hollis said the dog , a black German shepherd mix , was confused and jumped up , putting his paws on the tailgate of the man 's pickup truck . This is the heartbreaking moment a German shepherd desperately chased after the owner who abandoned it at a gas station on the side of a road in Slidell , Louisiana . The dog then gave chase after the truck sped off , trying desperately to keep up . Hollis told the Louisiana Humane Society that she got into her car and tried to follow the dog and truck , watching the shepherd cross two lanes of traffic as it attempted to reach its owner . But after driving for a couple of miles , Hollis lost sight of them both . 'My heart is broken , ' she told WDSU . ' I am in shock that someone would treat a dog like this . ' A spokesman for the Humane Society said it is all too common for dogs to be abandoned and 'left to fend for themselves ' on the sides of highways or back country roads . 'People can be cruel and heartless , ' Jeff Dorson told WDSU . 'If people feel they can no longer care for a pet , all they have to do is surrender him or her to a nearby rescue group or shelter . ' Dorson said when animals are abandoned in a 'random location ' they have 'almost zero ' chance of survival . 'This is truly a cowardly act and a punishable offense , ' he added . The Humane Society of Louisiana said they will accept custody of the German shepherd and find it a home when it is returned . They are also offering a $ 250 reward for any information that could lead to the owner 's arrest or his abandoned dog 's safe return . A nearby woman snapped the photograph after she saw a man drop off the dog on Highway 11 ( pcitured ) and yelled at his pet to 'Go ! Go over there ! ' The dog then gave chase after the truck sped off .
The dog was dropped off at a gas station in canton , Louisiana . A witness heard its owner yell ' Go ! get over there ! ' at the German shepherd . The dog then put its paws on its owner 's pickup truck , but he drove off . police chased after it across two lanes of traffic for miles . Witness tried to chase after it but lost sight of both the owner and the dog . Humane Society offering $ 250 for owner 's information or dog 's safe ##keeping .