A lonely, abandoned golden retriever mix had taken to living in a Walmart parking lot in rural Georgia. Although his owners knew of his whereabouts from locals, who told them more than once, they said they didn’t want him. He was flee-ridden, his fur matted, but more than anything else, the dog, who was later named Clarence, was sad. Which is probably why when a group of caring rescuers finally picked him up, they found that this poor pooch was incredibly loving and in need of affection. What else did they notice? Clarence could not stop hugging almost every human he met. Locals first contacted Hounds in Pounds, who aim to save the lives of unwanted dogs across the United States, about a German shepherd that had been hit by a car and dumped for dead in a ditch in that same Walmart parking lot. But the shepherd survived, and she …