Dog's Men Best Friend

                      

After following his mistress's coffin up to the church on the day of her funeral, Tommy has returned daily.

(AFP) - ROME: Since his owner died two months ago, Tommy the dog has not missed a single mass in the small church in southern Italy where his mistress’s funeral was held, Italian media said yesterday.

When the bells of the Santa Maria Assunta church begin to toll each afternoon in San Donaci near Brindisi, the 12-year-old German Shepherd sets off from the village to get himself a front row seat next to the altar, Il Messaggero newspaper said.

His owner, who was known in local dialect as “Maria tu lu campu” — “Maria of the fields” — had lived alone with Tommy and three other rescue dogs, who used to follow her faithfully on her daily rounds and have now been adopted by the village.

After following his mistress’s coffin up to the church on the day of her funeral, Tommy has returned daily, sitting quietly throughout masses, baptisms and funerals, according to local priest Donato Panna, who now wouldn’t do without him.

 

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In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo.

Everyday, Hachikō saw Professor Ueno off from the front door and greeted the professor at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya train station.

The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when the professor didn’t return on the usual train one evening.

The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day.

The professor died and never returned to the train station where Hachikō was waiting.

Hachikō was given away after the professor’s death, but Hachikō routinely escaped, showing up again and again at the professor’s old home.

After time, Hachikō apparently realized that the professor no longer lived at the same house.

So Hachikō went to look for the professor at the train station where Hachikō had accompanied the professor so many times before.

Each day, Hachikō waited for Professor Ueno to return.

And each day Hachikō didn’t see the professor among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters.

Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day.

Realizing that Hachikō waited in vigil for his dead master, their hearts were touched.

They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for 10 years, with Hachikō appearing only in the evening time, precisely when the train was due at the station.

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