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Dog stands guard over deceased owner’s grave for six years
Yahoo News ^
| September 13, 2012
| Eric Pfeiffer
Posted on 09/13/2012 4:30:29 PM PDT by OldCorps
An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner's grave six years after he passed away. Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.
Miguel Guzman adopted Capitan in 2005 as a gift for his teenage son, Damian. And for the past six years, Capitan has continued to stand guard at Miguel's grave. The family says the dog rarely leaves the site. "We searched for him, but he had vanished," widow Veronica Guzman told LaVoz.com. "We thought he must have got run over and died. 'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery, and Damian recognized his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing as if he were crying."
Adding to the unusual circumstances, Veronica says the family never brought Capitan to the cemetery before he was discovered there. "It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," she said. Cemetery director Hector Baccega says he and his staff have begun feeding and taking care of Capitan. "He turned up here one day, all on his own, and started wandering all around the cemetery until he eventually found the tomb of his master," Baccega said. ...excerpt
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: capitan; dog; doggieping
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:30:34 PM PDT
by
OldCorps
To: OldCorps
Like Greyfriar’s Bobby...
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:37:01 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: OldCorps
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:38:42 PM PDT
by
C210N
("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
To: OldCorps
Dogs are actually angels in disguise, sent to earth to teach us the true meaning of selfless love.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:39:13 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: OldCorps
Dogs are amazingly loyal.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:40:13 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Probably against the law but I’d hope when the dog passes they can bury him right there, even if done secretly by the graveyard caretakers.
To: OldCorps
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:43:56 PM PDT
by
varon
(I remember when America was American.)
To: OldCorps
Touching and wonderful. Truly, dogs are still a mans best friend and were indispensable helpers in time past but remain a natural friend of men.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:47:22 PM PDT
by
kindred
(Jesus Christ is the Lord God and Messiah of Israel, a present help in time of trouble.)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Somewhere around here I have a photo of me standing besides the statue of Greyfriar’s Bobby at the entrance to the cemetery in Scotland. It has only been 50 years since that photo was taken you would think I would remember where I put important stuff like that! :D
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:47:45 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Argus
Dogs are actually angels in disguise, sent to earth to teach us the true meaning of selfless love. Beautiful! Describes my pooch perfectly.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:50:44 PM PDT
by
wvguy
To: OldCorps
Oh pretty doggie...
What a good boy...
To: Argus
How true! I call one of mine Hairy the Angel Dog. He is a certified therapy pet and we go to hospitals, convalescent homes and assisted living homes to give the folks a break from the indescribable boredom. Stuck in these places maybe till the end of their lives without having a dog to pet, it is awful.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:55:55 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: OldCorps
I just saw this story and was coming over here to post it on FR.
What an amazing story huh? And what a beautiful dog.
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posted on
09/13/2012 4:57:58 PM PDT
by
mom4kittys
(See you in another life, brotha)
To: Joe 6-pack
Please include me on the doggie ping list.
Thanks
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:03:17 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
('Nancy Pelosi is a DINGBAT.' - Gov. Sarah Palin)
To: OldCorps
Again:
Man’s Best Friend.
It’s said for a reason.
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:05:39 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
Amazing. The world would be such a darker place had God not given us dogs.
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:06:04 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
To: OldCorps
"It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," Well, he can read, silly.
To: OldCorps
George Patton's Bull Terrier
Willie lies awaiting his master who was never to return, Patton had just died from his injuries suffered in a car crash and his personal effects are all packed to be shipped to his wife, Bea.
This is a heartbreaking picture......
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posted on
09/13/2012 5:18:50 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("On the ascent of Olympus, what's a botched bar or two?" -Artur Schnabel)
To: OldCorps
If you were drawn to this story, rent the movie Haichi:A
Dogs Tale. One of those movies i can watch over and over
and cry each time. It stars Richard Gere and Joan Allen.
Like I always say, I don’t want to live in a world without dogs.
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