Woman warms hearts in China with ‘pooch pack’ to carry big elderly dog upstairs after walk

She often takes her 13-year-old Samoyed for walks, but it is too old to walk up the stairs itself

She ties the dog to her back and carries it up the stairs to help it get home

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A woman in China was lauded for making the effort to carry her elderly dog up the stairs every day. Photo: SCMP composite

Published: 12:00pm, 16 Jul 2022Updated: 12:03pm, 16 Jul 2022

Sometimes “man’s best friend” needs a helping hand, especially when it’s a 13-year-old Samoyed in southern China who needs a bit of help walking up the stairs to get home.

A video of a woman from Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, strapping her beloved pet to her back and carrying the dog up the stairs after taking it for a walk moved many people in China.

The woman, surnamed Tang, said that she often takes the family dog downstairs for walks, but it struggles to walk back upstairs due to its old age. So, she uses a strap to sling the dog on her back and bring it home.

Tang then gets a bit of exercise because the weight of the dog - Samoyeds often weigh from 20 to 30kg - forces her to bend forward and take small steps to get up the staircase.

A 13-year-old Samoyed appears to accept its fate of getting carried in a backpack. Photo: Weibo

The life expectancy for this breed is between 12 and 14 years, so Tang’s dog is quite old.

“Our dog is 13 years old, and it already cannot walk well upstairs by itself,” Tang explained, according to Wutong Video.

Woman warms hearts in China with ‘pooch pack’ to carry big elderly dog upstairs after walk

She often takes her 13-year-old Samoyed for walks, but it is too old to walk up the stairs itself She ties the dog to her back and carries it up the stairs to help it get home

She often takes her 13-year-old Samoyed for walks, but it is too old to walk up the stairs itself

She ties the dog to her back and carries it up the stairs to help it get home