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BEIJING (SCMP): A sick dog in China kept her owner company beside her grave for two years after she died then met a Good Samaritan that cured her disease and took care of her.
Chinese influencer and owner of a stray dog relief centre in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, @ganpojiege, posted a video of the loyal dog on Nov 5, attracting 85,000 likes and thousands of comments.
He received help from villagers in the province and discovered the dog next to her owner’s grave, with serious skin disease and a crippled leg, in 2022.
The villagers told @ganpojiege that she had been keeping her owner company after she passed away two years ago.
Some tried to adopt her but she ran back to the grave by herself again and again, so they gave up.
She made the grave in the hill her home and occasionally went down to the village to find food.
The dog appeared to be docile when @ganpojiege reached out to touch her. She gobbled all the sausages he fed her.
The influencer took her back to his rescue centre to treat her skin disease. Before they left, he promised the dead previous owner he would often bring the dog back to visit.
The influencer carefully treated the loyal dog’s serious skin condition, gaining its trust. - 163.com
He named the dog Zhongbao, which means “Loyal Baby” in English.
Two months after he rescued Zhongbao, her skin disease relapsed so he sent her to a Shanghai hospital for treatment. She was completely cured after another two months.
Zhongbao had been living with the other hundreds of dogs that the KOL rescued over the past two years.
In the latest video that he posted online, Zhongbao appeared to be healthy with long and smooth hair. Many said the sheep dog had turned into a “completely new dog”.
The influencer had kept his promise and took Zhongbao back to her previous owner’s grave many times.
“I was moved to tears by Zhongbao’s loyalty to her owner,” said one online observer.
The dog is now healthy and is taken on regular visits to its late owner’s grave. - 163.com
“Dogs are truly a man’s best friend,” said another.
While a third said: “It is nice that Zhongbao met a kind-hearted man who continued looking after her on behalf of her previous owner.”
The pet market has boomed in China in recent years.
The number of households that kept pets rose to record-breaking 10,600 last year, according to the Whitebook on Chinese pet market published by JD.com last year.
Many people treat their pets like children, contributing to an expanding pet market that exceeded 270 billion yuan (US$37 billion) last year. - South China Morning Post
