When it comes to loyalty, dogs have the market cornered.
Mutts and senior dogs have an edge because they may not be noticed for anything
other than their unswerving loyalty to their masters – even if that master is
dead. The most famous example of this loyalty was by Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye
terrier. But the most heartbreaking example comes from an Italian MUTTnamed
Fido. Remember that Fido really means “faithful one” -- not "dog."
With my surname being Messina, one cannot overlook this heart warming and,at the same time, heart breaking story about Fido an amazing Italian dog.
On a bitter night in 1941, bricklayer Carlo Soriani found
Fido dying under a bridge. He took Fido home to his wife. They gave the mutt
food and care until Fido was back in good health. Perhaps the only holistic
integrated veterinary care used was none other than TLC. In a way still unknown
to science, Fido and Carlo bonded. Fido would follow Carlo to the bus stop and
wait at the stop for Carlo to come back from work and then the both would walk
home.
But in December 30, 1943, Carlo never came home after
boarding his usual morning bus. His factory was bombed and Carlo did not
survive. Fido waited … and waited … and waited. He never stopped waiting. He
refused to go home to where Carlo’s widow wanted him. Food and blankets were
brought to the loyal dog. In 1957, the town gave their canine fixture a medal
for loyalty. Fido would die a year later, still at the bus stop. His fourteen
year wait was finally over.
It is
still unknown why this one Italian dog waited in such an extraordinary way but is it any wonder that people remember dogs better than humans. But out
of all the famous dogs, political dogs or humorous dogs offered up to memory,
none was as loyal as an elderly mongrel named Fido.
2 comments:
Such a sad story! There is nothing quite like the loyalty from a dog!
It is a sad story b/c when we read it we put our human feelings into the dog who was waiting all of those years. I believe dogs have emotions and feelings so I cried when I read it. Thanks for stopping by!
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