Do dogs forget ?? - 2

properperson


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 18:52

Not this one:



Hachi-Ko was a Japanese Akita given to a Tokyo professor in 1924. The professor rode a commuter train to and from his suburban home daily, and Hachi-Ko accompanied him to the station in the morning and returned to the station to meet him each evening.



When Professor Ueno died from a stroke, Hachi-Ko continued to make his daily trips to the train station at the exact hours previously established, and after waiting for the train, and his master, he walked home alone.



Although the dog was only about 18 months old when the professor succumbed to the stroke, Hachi-Ko continued walking to the station every evening until his own death, nearly ten years later.



A bronze statue of Hachi-Ko stands at Toyko's Shibuya Station today, and a ceremony attracts hundreds of dog fanciers to the station to honour Hachi-Ko each year.

johnboy


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 170

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 18:56

Japanese Akita Inu info/pictures:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita_inu

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 19:20

awe that is sooooo sad

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 21:20

Top dog !



Nick

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
07/02/2009 12:02

we you calling nick? need a kennel for the night,lol.