Xiongxiong's loyalty has made him a hit with Chinese internet users. Photo / Supplied
An old dog that waits faithfully outside a subway station in southwest China for its owner to come home from work every day has won the hearts of Chinese internet users. Many many even travel to see him.
The pooch, called Xiongxiong, goes to Liziba metro station in Chongqing's Yuzhong
district with its owner every morning and waits until he returns about 12 hours later, according to the People's Daily in a video report posted online.
The pet's loyalty has been likened to Hachiko, a Japanese dog who would meet its master each day at a railway station when he came back from work in the 1920s and continued doing so for more than nine years after its owner died.
"Xiongxiong is 15 years old and I've had him for seven or eight years," said the owner, who was not named. "Ever since I have had Xiongxiong, he has waited for me every day."
"He's well behaved and never eats anything given to him by others," a local said, adding that people have come from outside the city to see him since he appeared on the internet. "The dog just stays here and waits for him. It's always excited when it see its owner."
