Pic shows: German shepherd Capitan.
The dog who lived at the side of its owner’s resting place for 10 years has passed away in the spot where the man is buried.
‘Capitan’ was 15 years old and was found at his owner’s grave in the Municipal Cemetery of Villa Carlos Paz, a city in the Argentinian state of Cordoba.
Capitan’s owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006 and the dog went missing from the family home some months later.
Guzman’s family thought Capitan had run away, but were shocked to find the dog by its owner’s graveside months later.
Nobody is sure how Capitan found the cemetery where his owner was buried.
Hector Baccega, Director of the the cemetery, had told local media at the time: "The dog appeared here by itself, going around the whole cemetery until it arrived, by itself, at its owner’s grave.
"Nobody had brought him here."
Capitan lived in the cemetery for 10 more years, but he was taken to the vet 4 years ago and diagnosed with kidney failure.
The vet who treated the dog, Cristhian Sempels, told reporters: "Unfortunately, his age and this condition (kidney failure) meant he could not hold on.
"We could have admitted him to the vet, but only so that he could die in the veterinary surgery, so we preferred to leave him and attend to him in the cemetery, where he lived and felt calm."
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الوفاء عملة نادرة يشتهر بها الكلاب، يظلوا مخلصين لأصحابهم حتي بعد وفاتهم وبرهن علي ذلك كلب مكث بجوار قبر رجل أرجنتيني لمدة 11 عاما حتي مات بجوار قبره.
قالت صحيفة “مترو” البريطانية أن الكلب ظل لمدة 11 عاما بجوار قبر ميجيل جوزمان، واعتقدت عائلة جوزمان أن الكلب هرب من المنزل بعد وفاة ميجيل بإيام قليلة في عام 2006، وبعد أشهر قليلة وجدت العائلة بجوار قبر ميجيل ولم يعرفوا كيف تمكن الكلب من الوصول إلي المقبرة في مدينة فيلا كارلوس بالأرجنتين.
وأشارت الصحيفة إلي ان الكلب الحراسة الألماني “كابيتان” قبل 4 سنوات بعد فحصه طبيب بيطري كريستيان سيمبلز، و شخص حالة الكلب بإصابته بفشل كلوي ولا يمكنه العيش طويلاً واحتمال وفاته في حال إجراء جراحة طبية له.
وأضافت الصحيفة أن عائلة جوزمان فضلت ترك الكلب وعدم إجراء العملية له والعيش بهدوء بجوار قبر ميجيل حتي توفي بعد 11 عاما من وفاة ميجيل.
