Heartbroken dog waits on jetty every day for owner after falling from passing boat (with subtitles)
- 4 years ago
This heartbroken dog has been waiting on a jetty for its lost owner every day for the last week after falling into the river from a passing boat.
The pooch, believed to be three or four years old, was seen swimming in the middle of the Chao Phraya River near Bangkok, Thailand, last Wednesday (October 23) morning.
He was riding on a ferry with his owner before being knocked off balance by a ripple and plunging into the water.
Resident Piengkamol Kerdsomsri saw the dog battling to stay afloat as it paddled over to her home, which has a wooden walkway on the edge of the river.
The kind-hearted neighbour beckoned over the pooch and pulled him to safety. He was shivering and drenched from the dirty water.
Piengkamol has been taking care of him for the last week but the dog, which she has nicknamed 'Luck', still refused to eat.
Instead, he woke up in the morning and waited on the edge of the jetty, looking out over the water with a sadness in his eyes and hoping that his owner will return.
Every time a boat passed by, 'Luck' bounded to the end of the pier expecting to see someone - but each time the boat passed by without stopping.
Piengkamol said the sad dog has stayed in the same position and refused to go anywhere else.
She said: ''He fell from the boat that was riding past my house. I didn't see that but I saw him swimming towards me."
''The reason I believe he fell off the boat is that whenever he hears the boat engine, he always runs to the end of the pier like he is expecting someone."
''He sat at the pier every morning and looked sad in the afternoon. He denied almost everything I fed him. I just wished that he could see his owner again.''
Piengkamol said that the dog was found at around 9 am and spent the rest of the day sitting by the pier and howling at boats.
She added: “That was all he did for most of the first day. He was so scared and didn’t allow anyone to touch him or ate anything until the afternoon.''
Piengkamol said it broke her heart to see the dog being so sad. She said she will adopt him as her own if the owner would not come back.
The pooch, believed to be three or four years old, was seen swimming in the middle of the Chao Phraya River near Bangkok, Thailand, last Wednesday (October 23) morning.
He was riding on a ferry with his owner before being knocked off balance by a ripple and plunging into the water.
Resident Piengkamol Kerdsomsri saw the dog battling to stay afloat as it paddled over to her home, which has a wooden walkway on the edge of the river.
The kind-hearted neighbour beckoned over the pooch and pulled him to safety. He was shivering and drenched from the dirty water.
Piengkamol has been taking care of him for the last week but the dog, which she has nicknamed 'Luck', still refused to eat.
Instead, he woke up in the morning and waited on the edge of the jetty, looking out over the water with a sadness in his eyes and hoping that his owner will return.
Every time a boat passed by, 'Luck' bounded to the end of the pier expecting to see someone - but each time the boat passed by without stopping.
Piengkamol said the sad dog has stayed in the same position and refused to go anywhere else.
She said: ''He fell from the boat that was riding past my house. I didn't see that but I saw him swimming towards me."
''The reason I believe he fell off the boat is that whenever he hears the boat engine, he always runs to the end of the pier like he is expecting someone."
''He sat at the pier every morning and looked sad in the afternoon. He denied almost everything I fed him. I just wished that he could see his owner again.''
Piengkamol said that the dog was found at around 9 am and spent the rest of the day sitting by the pier and howling at boats.
She added: “That was all he did for most of the first day. He was so scared and didn’t allow anyone to touch him or ate anything until the afternoon.''
Piengkamol said it broke her heart to see the dog being so sad. She said she will adopt him as her own if the owner would not come back.