Dog Magically Found Ex-owner’s Grave & Lived There for 11 Years

My friend, whose dog passed just recently, asked me last night:

“What did humans ever do to deserve dogs?”

And despite not having owned a dog before, I agree, no thanks to multiple stories that portray dogs as not just simple canines…

But truly a man’s best friend.

And yet, even among the myriad of dog stories out there, none stands out (or strikes me) as much as this one. But before I continue, be warned.

This story’s not for the weak. Side effects may include tears, sobs and you boo-hooing like a little girl. 

You’ve been warned.

The Story of Capitán

It all started with a present. A very shaggy present.

Capitán.

In 2005, Argentinian Miguel Guzman bought the German shepherd for his 13-year-old son Damian.

It was three years old.

One year later, however, tragedy struck:

Miguel Guzman, Capitán’s original master, died.

As customary, a funeral was held in Mr Guzman’s wake. But here’s the thing:

The day after the funeral concluded, Capitán disappeared from the family home in Cordoba.

Crying

Perhaps still in mourning mood, the family neglected to look for the German shepherd. Assuming that he had left for a new family, they left him to its own devices.

A while later, the family turned up to pay respects at Guzman’s grave, and they couldn’t believe their eyes.

The German shepherd was right there, accompanying Guzman’s grave.

But rather than feeling relieved, they were baffled.

Guzman died in a hospital in Villa Carlos Paz and his body was then transferred to a funeral home far from the family’s home. They have also never taken Capitán to the cemetery before.

So how did the German shepherd locate the grave?

At that point in time, Damian began shouting and the dog came running, barking as if he “was crying”.

As the doubts started to tone down, the German shepherd finally returned home.

Incidentally, Hector Baccega, director of the cemetery, had this to say when he first saw the critter:

“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.”

Keeping vigil

But it seems that the return was short-lived, as it wasn’t long before Capitán went back to the cemetery.

Damian would try several times to bring the animal home, but he never stayed for long, always escaping and returning to the grave site. In the end, they decided to leave him there, whereby he would go home occasionally, but always return to Guzman’s grave after a while. From around Jan 2007, however, the dog would never return home.

“Since then, the cemetery is the home of Capitán,” Guzman’s widow Veronica Moreno told El Voz.

The German shepherd apparently had a daily routine too.

‘During the day he sometimes has a walk around the cemetery, but always rushes back to the grave,” Hector said.

“And every day, at six o’clock sharp, he lies down on top of the grave stays there all night.’

Eleven years

Over the years, Capitán never neglected his self-imposed ‘vigil’ duty. Not even when he had trouble walking, and lost vision in one eye.

Never.

According to veterinarian Cristhian Stempels, the dog was suffering from renal failure, otherwise known as chronic kidney disease.

“The dog had an insufficient kidney that slowed him down since he was 4 years old and for that, he was getting special food that the people at FUPA [Fundación Protectora de Animales] gave him.”

Because of the disease, the German shepherd would also throw up consistently, and often spend his time sleeping.

“We were going to hospitalize him, but he would have died at the veterinarian’s, and so we preferred to let him be and attended to him in the cemetery where he lived and felt calm,” Stempels said.

By end 2017, it became quite clear to those around:

Capitán didn’t have long to live.

But rather than being fazed about it…

“It’s as if he’s waiting for the day when they will finally be reunited,” cemetery workers told Oddity Central.

19 Feb

On Monday (19 Feb), Cemetery workers turned up for work, expecting to see the German shepherd making its rounds as per usual.

But it was not to be.

Capitán was discovered dead in the bathrooms of the cemetery. He was 15 years old.

In the end, he never once left his master alone.

Not even till its dying breath.

Humans have said this for ages, “Dogs are a man’s best friend.” But it wasn’t until Capitán’s story that I truly believed in it.

 

So, I just wanna say…

Goodbye, Capitán.

And I hope you’ll finally meet your master again.

“That dog gave us a lesson. I believe that humans should appreciate more the memories of those that have left us. Animals teach us such fidelity.”  – Hector Baccega

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