Edinburgh – Bobby the loyal Scottish Skye Terrier

Edinburgh has it’s tales but my favourite is that of the loyal dog, Bobby. Bobby was a Skye Terrier and legend has it, that Bobby and his policeman owner, John Gray, were inseparable. The story goes that after spending two years together, John Gray fell ill to tuberculosis and subsequently died. For the next fourteen years, Bobby stayed faithfully by his master’s graveside, only leaving for food or shelter in inclement weather. Bobby’s statue is erected outside the Greyfriars Bobby’s Bar on the corner of Candlemaker Row and George IV Bridge.