There may not be another tale of friendship as heartwarming as the story of Xiongxiong and his owner.

Xiongxiong, which is the Chinese word for “bear”, is a dog who spends over 12 hours every day waiting at the train station for his owner to get back from work.

Xiongxiong’s owner, a man who is identified as Mr. Chen, takes the train from the Liziba metro station in Chongqing’s Yuzhong district of southwest China. Since Mr. Chen lives down the road, the 15-year-old dog will saunter down to the station every morning and plop down on the pavement for his 12-hour watch.

Because Xiongxiong is so well-behaved, he never has to wear a collar…