Loyal Dog Follows Ambulance and Waits Nearly a Week to be Reunited With Her Human at the Hospital

“Stubborn” is a word that means stubbornly tenacious, and when it comes to devotion, there is no dog more stubborn than a fluffy white dog named Boncuk who waited patiently outside the doors of a hospital for almost a whole week for his “hooman. ” come home.

When Boncuk’s owner, Cemal Şentürk, went for treatment in the Turkish city of Trabzon, the determined doggo followed the ambulance in which he was traveling to the Medical Park Hospital.

Şentürk’s daughter, Aynur Egeli, explained that while Boncuk (which means “account”) was sent home each night and placed under “house arrest”, the following day the wary canine would return to the hospital, alone.

He maintained the routine throughout Şentürk’s stay.

“The dog comes here every day around 9 in the morning, waits until evening and then leaves. She never enters but waits for her owner [outside], ”The hospital security guard, Muhammet Akdeniz, told the Turkish DHA news service.

The hospital staff made a kind of pet for Boncuk, feeding her and giving her water. Şentürk could sometimes see his loyal pet outside his hospital room window. Encouraged by her visits, he would greet her and call her by name.

After six days, Şentürk was discharged. His partner of nine years was there waiting for him, wagging her tail, jubilant to be reunited with her puppy dad.

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“Boncuk has been really sweet over the six days and has managed to capture the love and affection of all the staff,” said the director of the hospital’s international patient center, Murat Ercan. CNN.

“I was constantly missing her too,” a tearful Şentürk told DHA. [“Dogs] they bring joy … they bring company just like humans do, and they make people happy. “

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You can teach a dog to sit. You can teach a dog to roll over. You can teach a dog to search. But love his humans? That is something that some dogs like Boncuk know instinctively and with all their hearts.

(GET TOGETHER Boncuk, the faithful puppy in the INSIDE Edition video below).

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