Loyal dog waits six months at a Siberian bus stop for his person to return

[Omaha Steve]

This is a current event.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/26/1821674/-Loyal-dog-waits-six-months-at-a-Siberian-bus-stop-for-his-person-to-return

Lincoln green 2018/12/26 · 08:17

A dog abandoned at a bus stop in Siberia got a new home for Christmas after loyally waiting six months in vain for his person to return. An RFE/RL video tells the story, and Will Stewart gives more details in the Daily Mail.

Upon being abandoned at Mametkino bus stop about 1500 miles east of Moscow, the dog was wary of strangers. Local villagers tried to re-home him, but he insisted on waiting at the bus stop, occasionally following after gray cars, presumably because the person who abandoned him also had a gray car. Eventually the villagers gave up and periodically left food for him, but this became untenable once the Siberian winter became so cold that the food froze before the dog could eat it.

A volunteer named Irina heard of the dog’s plight and drove 250 miles with a team of animal rescuers to save him. The dog, now christened Archie, warmed up to Irina and her other dog, a St. Bernard named Beethoven, and now has a new home.

OK, OK, so it’s just one dog rescued, but come on. Watch the video: https://flashvideo.rferl.org/Videoroot/Pangeavideo/2018/12/a/ad/adbf217e-a645-489b-9c07-18e4fc834905.mp4

[Roland99]

1. Glad he has a new family

[calimary]

10. Me too!

[MountCleaners]

2. Thanks for sharing it...

I'm a huge dog lover and the story of this cutie waiting for an owner who never returned broke my heart.



Glad he's getting lots of love now to make up for lost time.

[Shaddox]

3. Yup - teared up. What a lovely little dog. Great story - dog lovers are ALL the same. Learn.

[BHDem53]

4. This story reminded me of Hachi. Great movie.

[iluvtennis]

6. I was thinking the same.

[StarryNite]

5. Happy tears for Archie.

Thank you for sharing.

[mahannah]

7. Yes!

[Tucker08087]

8. Fostering one now.

One week. No progress. I’ve never seen NO progress. She so scared. Not vicious, but will nip as a warning. I’m so afraid I won’t be able to warm her up. I’m afraid nobody will want her. People suck. She is in my nice, warm house but I can’t pet her, love her, even walk her. (Don’t ask.) She seems to think that food is a trick or giving in to weakness. I’ve tried laying on the floor. I’ve tried crying on the floor (someone died). I’ve tried my notorious trail of baked ham that takes hours but enentualky ALWAYS ends with eating from my hands (even wild animals from nature.) Nothing. I’m scared and feel like a failure and hate whoever did this to her! (Sorry to vent!)

[Dem2theMax]

9. Please don't feel like a failure, and please don't give up.

For the dog to be that scared, one can only imagine what she has been through. And you don't know how long she was mistreated. Maybe it was her whole life up until now. Maybe she has never known love, and it will take time for her to start trusting you.

I adopted an African grey parrot. She had lived in at least five previous homes before she came to live with me. She had not been treated well in her life. I can remember sitting in front of her, crying because I couldn't get her to trust me. And then one day it just happened. I took it day by day, slowly, and she finally learned that she was safe with me. We bonded in a way I never thought possible. It was absolute love between both of us.

She died in 2001, and there is a huge hole in my heart that will never be filled.

Keep trying, just take it slow and easy. I pet sit, and I spend a lot of time with a lot of different dogs. And if there is one thing I have learned, it is that they teach me more than I will ever teach them. Let her be the teacher, and you be the student. I bet that in time, together, you will both work this out and she will know what love is. Bless you for doing this for her.

[Raine]

13. Don't give up, you're not a failure

building trust can take a long time, no telling what horrible treatment this dog had to make her so fearful and untrusting. I really believe one day she'll suprise you and come around.

[Tucker08087]

14. She seems more comfortable with my son.

It’s kind of weird because he’s 6’2” and 15, so loud and clumsy. Kind of like a big puppy himself. We had wraps leftover from a holiday thing, and he was sitting on one end of the couch eating leftover wraps and she was on the other end. He had headphones on, so was kind of ignoring her, but he sad he said hi when he sat down. I walked in the room and she took off. Later I tried tossing the ball (a soft fuzzy ball) for her to chase and she ran like I tossed a grenade. She hid from me for the rest of the day. So I’m guessing some soft-voiced tiny woman hurt her. Oh, and I tried to give her a bone, but she bit me kind of hard. Maybe it looked scary. Tonight I showed her I was putting food in her dish, while I was talking to her, and then put the dish in the other room and left it. I hid around the corner and she did eat. Thank God, because she hasn’t been. I’m not sure if I can attach a picture, but I finally got one of her peeking at me instead of running away. I have a week of blurry tail pictures!

[Raine]

16. I'm so glad she ate

and even though she avoids you she knows that you put the food out for her. It's likely it was a woman that hurt her and unfortunately she's reminded when she sees you. It will probably be slow going but if she can get over her fear of one person like your son it's a start, her eating is big step.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Awww! Sweet little Archie!

I am so glad he finally found a home. Who's a good doggie?

[Raine]

12. THANK YOU for sharing this

I'm so relieved that this loyal dog got a furever home where he'll be loved and appreciated. Shame on the cold hearted person who left Archie, they really lost out on this loyal loving companion that they never deserved to have in the first place.

[akraven]

15. Can't watch it again. Too many tears.

Naturally first seen on Kos. Cried for an hour!

Of course I'll rec it!

[Meowmee]

17. Wonderful

That she took Archie in. He seems very happy. I hope he gets over the pain caused by being abandoned in such a horrific way. We had to leave my childhood dog on a farm for a year due to the rabies quarrantine in gb which was 6 months at the time. It was so upsetting for me. The day we went to get her she jumped right into our car, through the open window, without even stopping to greet us 😹, she was ecstatic. I think she knew we were coming back for her for sure.