In a heart-wrenching moment, a loyal dog was caught on camera grieving and refusing to leave his dead owner’s side during a funeral ceremony.
The incident occurred in Lima, Peru, where the dog owner was laid in a white open coffin and displayed for his family to be able to say their final goodbye.
As seen in the emotional recording, the dog was sticking to his owner’s coffin and holding onto it with its paws as another mourner tried to move him away.
The loyal companion refuses to leave the coffin and continues to grasp on the casket with his paws despite the woman’s attempt to make him move.
Following the heartbreaking moment, the video has been shared on social media where users were left devastated by the tragic scene.
“They live every joy and every sadness with us… so loyal… so sad,” one internet user wrote.
“I think it’s bad to show them their dead owners as afterwards they suffer,” another one suggested.
One person commented: “Omg this just broke my heart in thousands of pieces. Dogs can feel everything humans can and more! They truly are our best friends and companions in life…”
“Animals understand death and to move on need to be shown it or they would think they had been abandoned,” someone wrote.
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