![]() ![]() The man had died at work.īut for the rest of the dog’s life until he died in 1935, Hachiko would dutifully show up to the train station every day and wait as commuters got off the trains. Hachiko would meet his master at the train station after work each day, until one day his master didn’t show. Probably the most famous and retold modern stories of a dog’s loyalty to its master is Hachiko, a Japanese Akita that would diligently wait for his master at a train station for nearly 10 years after the man had died. So, if everybody is out for a hike, they will go and meet all the people, because they want to keep the ‘herd’ together,” Bingham said. “They not only have their pack mentality, but their herd mentality. Golden retrievers have a reputation for “thinking everybody is their friend,” she said, while livestock guardian breeds, like great Pyrenees, can be quirky about wanting to make sure their “herd” stays safe. “There’s always an exception in every single one of those breeds, depending upon their bond and the individual person they’re with,” Bingham said. And again, it can frequently come down to how the dog is treated, she said. While, for example, chows and huskies tend to be highly independent and somewhat aloof, even toward their owners, Bingham said.īut every individual dog is different. Terriers and cattle dog breeds are known to be loyal. Is It The Breed?Ī dog’s breed can make a difference in being supremely loyal, but not a significant one, Bingham said. She knows of cases in which the dogs were found loyally laying on or near the item that had their person’s scent on it. For instance, if a dog gets lost in the wild, the owner can leave an article of clothing or something else with their scent on it near the trail. If they’re out hiking with their dog all that time, and bonding with their dog all of the time, that can make the difference” and produce the sort of loyalty that Finney had, she said.Īnd those bonds can help in other situations, Bingham said. “Certainly, you have to look at the bond a person has with their animal. It frequently boils down to how much time and attention people invest in their dogs, she said. “I’ve seen it happen in town, where the owners will pass away at home and not be discovered immediately, and that animal will stay right with their person,” she said. ![]() Her ravenous appetite has calmed down, but at first she could not get enough to eat and wanted food at all times of the day and night.”īingham said she’s familiar with Finney’s story, and a dog showing that level of loyalty and devotion doesn’t surprise her. "She is now 3, very clingy and will not let me out of her sight. “She has gained almost all of her weight back and her strength is almost where it was. She suffered an injury to her snout that will probably leave a scar, but otherwise is doing well, Moore’s widow, Dana Holby, told Colorado’s 9News. It was surmised that she probably survived by hunting small rodents.Īfter being examined by a veterinarian and cleared of any major health problems, Finney was returned to Moore’s surviving family members. ![]() She was down to only 6 pounds, half her normal body weight. Ten weeks later, Moore’s body was discovered by a hunter - and Finney was still nearby. Rescuers couldn’t find him after he didn’t return home from his hike. Most recently, a Jack Russell terrier named “Finney” stayed near the body of Richard Moore, 71, who died of hypothermia in August while hiking in the mountains near his hometown of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. There have been a few notable examples of dogs staying near their owner’s bodies after those people died in remote areas of the West. She’s a co-owner and canine behaviorist at Rockin E Training and Consulting in Laramie, as well as a city of Laramie animal control officer. And for them, that’s their person,” Teresa Bingham told Cowboy State Daily. “The dogs tend to stick with what they know. When they’re treated well by their humans, most dogs have the potential for absolute devotion - the type of unflinching dedication that made a Jack Russell terrier stay near her owner’s body for weeks in the wilderness. ![]()
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