Fears tragic dog who waited 4 days for drowned owner may ‘die of a broken heart’ after howling all night & refusing food

A HEARTBROKEN canine could dice aft crying each nighttime and refusing nutrient arsenic it grieves for its proprietor who drowned days ago.

There are fears a dog who saw her proprietor vanish nether the breached crystal of a frozen Russian stream "will dice of desolation".

For 4 days, mongrel Belka solemnly sat adjacent wherever her maestro Nikolai Khalanchuk, 59, vanished into the frozen waters of the 23ft-deep Ufa River.

He had taken a shortcut crossed the frozen stream connected his bicycle but the crystal was excessively bladed and it fell distant beneath him.

Belka watched connected arsenic hopeless efforts were made to prevention her proprietor by fishermen who were astatine adjacent crystal holes.

Nikolai's nephew held retired a rod for him to drawback onto but the cyclist was excessively acold and helium sank further and further down into the depths below.

Local antheral Ruslan Ilyasov said: "His comparative held retired a rod to Nikolai, but helium was truthful frozen that helium was physically incapable to drawback it."

Eventually, Nikolai's assemblage was recovered astatine the bottommost of the river, 4 days aft the incident.

During that time, loyal Belka refused to springiness up anticipation and kept vigil connected the ice, oregon the adjacent shore.

She “howled each night” calling for her master, locals said.

Despite respective attempts by Nikoali's household to bring her home, the pooch continued to instrumentality to the spot wherever she saw the calamity instrumentality place.

Locals accidental that the canine and her proprietor were “inseparable”.

Nikolai’s member has present taken Belka home, and promises to attraction for the dog, but is disquieted that she volition ne'er retrieve from seeing her proprietor vanish into the river.

Sergei told RT: “Nikolai took her arsenic a puppy, I don't adjacent retrieve wherever helium got her from.

“But they had specified love.

“She virtually followed Nikolai and ne'er near his side.

“She's been with him her full life."

“I volition instrumentality Belka to my place, but I'm not definite that I tin regenerate Kolya [Nikolai]," helium added.

Sergei revealed that the bereaved canine is inactive refusing to devour aft a section pistillate attempted to bring her nutrient which Belka refused to have.

A video showed Belka patiently waiting and watching successful the anticipation of seeing the instrumentality of her beloved owner.

The section pistillate recorded a video of her saying, "The dog, female, precise affectionate, doesn't spell anywhere.

“I brought immoderate food, but she won't eat."

AiF news outlet said: “Many uncertainty that the faithful canine volition beryllium capable to hide her owner.

“They accidental that she volition support coming here, and if she is chained up, she volition dice of melancholy.”

An exigency rescuer told the section media: “There is nary carnal much loyal than a dog.

“All these 4 days Belka waited and believed...the anticipation successful the dog's eyes faded.

“But she remained faithful to the end.”

Tragically, Nikolai’s woman had died successful a boating mishap connected the aforesaid agelong of the Ufa River 7 years ago.

On that occasion, Nikolai had been saved contempt spending hours successful the frozen water, but it near him a widower and Belka - who helium raised from a puppy - was the farmworker’s companion.