Loyal dog in China searches buses every day for missing owner

A loyal dog that routinely appears at a bus stop to search for its master has won over hearts in Chengdu, southwest China. The little yellow dog, nicknamed “Huang Huang” by bus drivers, has been a common sight at a bus stop located near the Guangyan Buddhist temple’s car park in Chengdu city. According to bus staff, Huang Huang has appeared at the stop consistently for the past 15 days to check all buses that have parked there.



“Every day I go to Guangyan temple five times, and every day that dog will hop on board my bus to give it an ‘inspection,” a ticket seller surnamed Yang said. “At first I thought it was looking for food, but I later realised that it was looking for its owner.” According to Yang, the dog would be at the bus stop at eight in the morning, and would not miss checking hers or any of the other vehicles that stopped by until about six in the evening.

A worker of the Guangyan temple car park, named Gou Huiqun, said that Huang Huang would immediately peer at the windows of any buses that stopped by before jumping on board and sniffing about, occasionally looking up at the passengers. Some bus drivers recalled seeing Huang Huang with its master at the temple half a month ago. But they could not say with any certainty what had happened to the dog’s owner, and most assumed that Huang Huang had been abandoned.


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One driver surnamed Fung had considered taking Huang Huang home with him, but felt that such a decision would be premature. “We’re worried that its owner might be looking for it and might come back to it,” Fung said. “Such a loyal dog … Who would be willing to part with it? I can only hope that it’ll quickly be reunited with its owner and won’t have to wait here at the bus stop every day.”