--- title: Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner in the Hospital description: A schnauzer walks 20 blocks to see owner who is in the hospital receiving treatment for cancer canonical: https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-13T16:48:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:01.612Z og:title: Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner in the Hospital og:description: The pup was caught on hospital surveillance cameras og:url: https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner in the Hospital twitter:description: The pup was caught on hospital surveillance cameras twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Most Loyal Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner Who Is in the Hospital > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 13, 2015 4:48 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 13, 2015 4:48 PM UTC Nancy Franck of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had been in the hospital for two weeks receiving treatment for cancer when she got an unexpected visitor: her dog, Sissy. But Sissy was not smuggled into Franck’s hospital room by her family. She had walked to Mercy Medical Center by herself. The miniature Schnauzer apparently took it upon herself to walk the twenty blocks to the hospital, even though she had never been there before. The devoted pet was caught on video cameras in the hospital lobby, trying to figure out how to find her owner. ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel “She was on a mission that night to see her mom,” Dale Franck, who had been caring for Sissy while his wife was in the hospital, [told ABC News,](http://abcnews.go.com/US/dog-shows-hospital-owner-battling-cancer/story?id=28916913) “but she couldn’t find the right elevator to take.” Franck noticed Sissy was missing around 1:30 a.m. and was hunting for the dog until hospital security called him. “She found my number and house address from her tag on her collar,” he said. “I was so relieved, and I asked my daughter go and pick her up.” Franck’s daughter went to fetch Sissy and was able to secure permission to bring the devoted dog up to see her mom in her hospital room. _Read next:_ [_California Police Dog Killed in Action Gets Hero’s Farewell_](http://time.com/3707820/sultan-police-dog/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/"},"headline":"Most Loyal Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner Who Is in the Hospital","datePublished":"2015-02-13T16:48:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:01.612Z","description":"The pup was caught on hospital surveillance cameras","url":"https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Pets","viral","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3709153/most-loyal-dog-walks-20-blocks-to-see-owner-who-is-in-the-hospital/","name":"Most Loyal Dog Walks 20 Blocks to See Owner Who Is in the Hospital"}}]}] ```