Doggone: The faithful dog lies by his dead friend, who has been knocked over on the busy Chinese roadDogs are noted for their loyalty to their owners, but this pooch shows his extreme dedication to his four-legged friend.
On the busy Dazhi road in China, where his companion has been knocked down by a car, vehicles, with their scary lights on, zoom past the dog, who risks his own life to look after his pal.
With horns honking and other terrifying sights and sounds all around him, the yellow mutt stays put, standing guard over the hit dog.
Earlier this week the first dog was struck on the Dazhi road - which is always teeming with cars - in Taiwan, when the pair managed to lose their sense of direction.
He died from his wounds, and - thanks to the help of the other loyal dog - was picked up by a passer-by, who buried him in a proper manner, rather than letting him be bashed to a pulp like other road-kill.
Nothing is known of the loyal pooch, though he was not hit by a car and bounded off to safety, having seen the man carefully pick up his dead mate.
Guarding: As the cars speed by, the dog stands over his hit friend
Stay away: The cars give the pair of dogs a wide berth and eventually the struck dog is taken off the roadThis story is reminiscent of the tale of Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh after reportedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner, John Gray, until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
A year later, Lady Burdett-Coutts had a statue and fountain erected at the southern end of the George IV Bridge in the Scottish capital to commemorate him.
And in 2005 there was a Hollywood film made about the Skye Terrier called, 'The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby.'
Hero: A scene from The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal Skye Terrier who guarded his master's grave for 14 yearssource: dailymail
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