A loyal dog called Capitan has died after sleeping at his master’s graveside every night for 11 years. The black Alsatian was about four years old when Miguel Guzman, who had bought the dog as a present for his son, Damian, passed away in Villa Carlos Paz, near Cordoba, Argentina’s second city. The dog disappeared not long afterwards and the family thought he had found a new home or had been killed.
But several months later, on one of their visits to the cemetery, there was Capitan. To their astonishment, neighbours told them how they started to feed him when they realised he slept by the grave each night. And so the grieving hound continued his sad vigil until dying himself a few days ago at about 15 years of age, the daily newspaper La Voz reported. Read the full story here ▶
