A heartbreaking video has emerged of a Rottweiler dog appearing to grieve over the body of his dead brother.

The owner of the pair of rescue dogs, named ‘Hank’ and ‘Brutus’, captured the emotional footage when he awoke to find Hank had passed away in his sleep and Brutus lying next to him at their home in Washington, US earlier this month.

“My Rottweiler woke up to find that his twin Hank had passed during the night and gone to heaven. Brutus did not want to leave him and would not budge - laying on top of his head” the owner, who goes by the online pseudonym ‘Brettvett1’, later wrote online.

“Brutus has never whined or cried out in pain the two years I have had him...but clearly you can see in his eyes that he is crying for his brother who had passed as his world around him just crumbled. We both grieve and cry for our brothers...this is proof that animals DO have emotions and feel pain just like we do.”

Speaking about the weeks leading up to Hank’s passing, the owner wrote to his 25,000 YouTube subscribers:

“I'm so sorry you guys...I wasn't strong enough and had a breakdown in front of the dogs. Hank was right by my side with his therapy dog service and grieved with me as I was so upset - he looked so sad. I noticed Hank never came out of his grievance and stopped eating. He was still drinking and nibbling on food so I thought he was okay.

“A week later Brutus and I awoke to his peaceful body next to us as he passed in the night in his sleep. This is about 30 minutes after we woke up and were missing our baby. I normally don't video record my real life catastrophes or share but decided I needed to send a message to the world and show how much pain my dog was in as he loved his twin so much.”

A heartbreaking video has emerged of a Rottweiler dog appearing to grieve over the body of his dead brother.

The owner of the pair of rescue dogs, named ‘Hank’ and ‘Brutus’, captured the emotional footage when he awoke to find Hank had passed away in his sleep and Brutus lying next to him at their home in Washington, US earlier this month.

“My Rottweiler woke up to find that his twin Hank had passed during the night and gone to heaven. Brutus did not want to leave him and would not budge - laying on top of his head” the owner, who goes by the online pseudonym ‘Brettvett1’, later wrote online.

“Brutus has never whined or cried out in pain the two years I have had him...but clearly you can see in his eyes that he is crying for his brother who had passed as his world around him just crumbled. We both grieve and cry for our brothers...this is proof that animals DO have emotions and feel pain just like we do.”

Speaking about the weeks leading up to Hank’s passing, the owner wrote to his 25,000 YouTube subscribers:

“I'm so sorry you guys...I wasn't strong enough and had a breakdown in front of the dogs. Hank was right by my side with his therapy dog service and grieved with me as I was so upset - he looked so sad. I noticed Hank never came out of his grievance and stopped eating. He was still drinking and nibbling on food so I thought he was okay.

“A week later Brutus and I awoke to his peaceful body next to us as he passed in the night in his sleep. This is about 30 minutes after we woke up and were missing our baby. I normally don't video record my real life catastrophes or share but decided I needed to send a message to the world and show how much pain my dog was in as he loved his twin so much.”

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Rottweiler wakes up to find that his twin Hank had passed during the night and gone to heaven. Brutus does not want to leave him and will not budge, laying on top of his head. Brutus has never whined or cried out in pain the two years I have had him...But clearly you can see in his eyes, he is crying for his brother who had passed as his world around him just crumbled. We both grieve and cry for our brother...This is proof that animals DO have emotions and feel pain just like we do :'( Please share this heartbreaking story everywhere and let it go viral...Let the world know animals feel love and pain just like us. Don't let Hanks passing die in vein with him..SHARE SHARE SHARE
I'm so sorry you guys...I wasn't strong enough and had a breakdown in front of the dogs. Hank was right by my side with his Therapy Dog service and grieved with me as I was so upset. He looked so sad. I noticed Hank never came out of his grievance and stopped eating. He was still drinking and nibbling on food so I thought he was okay. A week later Brutus and I awoke to his peaceful body next to us as he passed in the night in his sleep. This is about 30 minutes after we woke up and were missing our baby. I normally don't video record my real life catastrophes or share but decided I needed to send a message to the world and show how much pain my dog was in as he loved his Twin so much :'(
RIP Hank the Rottweiler Unknown--01-20-15