An Argentinean dog has spent the past six years proving that he is `a man's best friend`, even though that man is dead, it has been revealed. Capitan, a mutt who is some parts German Shepard, disappeared from his home in the small town of Villa Carlos Paz in the centre of Argentina following the death of his owner, Miguel Guzman, in March of 2006. For days, nobody in Guzman's family noticed the absence of the dog until the family visited Miguel's grave at a municipal cemetery.

Even though the family called to the dog, he stayed by his master's grave.What surprised them was that Miguel had passed away in a hospital in the city and his body was taken to a funeral home far away from their residence and none of the family members recalled the dog following them to the cemetery before.

But now that she's seen the dog stand so loyally by her husband's grave, she says she views the mutt more sympathetically.Additionally, the municipal cemetery's director, Hector Baccega, said that the dog has a special sense for Miguel and a very particular schedule.The first time Baccega saw the dog, he arrived at the cemetery alone. The dog then did a couple of laps around the place before finding his master's grave — Posted in gals-group Group. all on his own."And that's not all," Baccega said."Every day, at six in the evening, he lies in the front of (Miguel's) grave," he said.