“A puppy will always be man’s best friend”. So goes the saying that we have been hearing for decades and that is becoming more and more clear. These adorable beings possess incredible qualities: loyalty, nobility, unconditional love towards those around them. And their exceptional ability to capture the emotions of others makes them worthy of the title of man’s most faithful companion.

A whole town received with ovations the little dog that had been missing for a week.

An example of this is the story of Beethoven, a dog from the municipality of Santa Barbara, in the department of Antioquia, Colombia.

This adorable little dog is a stray, but unlike many others, he enjoys the attention and unconditional love of the whole community.

This adorable little dog has become the town mascot.

He was recently lost for a week and everyone made an arduous search to find this dog, who is considered an illustrious character of the community.

Authorities and inhabitants joined forces to find the dog’s whereabouts. Fortunately, they found him and the news did not go unnoticed. Among ovations, songs and jumps of happiness, all the inhabitants celebrated with infinite joy the return of the little dog to the community where he grew up.

Beethoven left the village following a couple of migrants.

Thanks to the complaints and the fact that the inhabitants never gave up, his disappearance went viral in the networks. This is how a truck driver managed to identify the little dog who was on his way to Valle del Cauca, a distant area where our four-legged friend is from.

According to some testimonies, the dog disappeared from the town after following a couple of migrants who were walking towards the south of Colombia.

The people did not rest until they got him back.

In response to Beethoven’s disappearance, the director of the Amores Callejeros Animal Protection Foundation, Jaime León López, joined the search and made several posters that he pasted all over the community and publicized his whereabouts on social networks.

Some citizens from neighboring municipalities reported that they saw him but he did not want to receive water or food, he just wanted to keep walking.

With his sweet look and inexhaustible tenderness he conquered even the hardest heart.

Following the truck driver’s alert, the authorities deployed an operation in the municipality of Tuluá, where he was also seen by the driver of another truck who also notified the police that he saw him walking in that place.

A patrolman even reported that he had seen him in a truck in the area in the company of migrants.

The Tuluá police put a cap on him and took care of him until he returned to his hometown.

Fortunately, they managed to find the dog near Tuluá, and the policemen of this community took care of him until he returned to Santa Bárbara safe and sound.

After his return, the whole community gathered to welcome him as a celebrity, Beethoven does not have a fixed home, nor a permanent owner, everyone takes care of him, feeds him, bathes him, and makes him feel really loved.

“Everyone loves him, from the mayor to the priest,” declared the director of Amores callejeros.

This beautiful dog became the town’s mascot, although there are those who have tried to offer him a permanent home, he gets depressed when he is locked up, so they prefer to leave him free and let him continue to enjoy all the care that the community offers him.

Beethoven arrived in Antioquia eight years ago, local media report that he was thrown out of a car when he was just a puppy. Since then, he has been roaming the streets playing with the children and winning over the whole community.

Citizens are organizing to give him a microchip to keep a closer eye on him. In addition, he is losing his hearing, so he will need more care and veterinary attention. We are confident that he will receive all the help he needs and will spend his golden years enjoying the love of an entire community.

It stirs our hearts with joy to see the spirit of solidarity and love for a four-legged angel. May the rest of society show the same respect and empathy for the little stray.