A kind-hearted woman used a clothesline pole to feed her neighbour's golden retriever that was locked in the flat alone for six days after its owner went back to the locked-down city Wuhan during the coronavirus outbreak.

In the video, shot in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province on January 24, Ms Xu stretched out a clothesline pole to deliver food and water to a golden retriever standing on the security bars of the opposite flat's window.

Another clip filmed on February 2 shows the landlord opening the door to release the dog and Ms Xu and a security guard took the dog to a pet store.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wuhan is in lockdown and the dog's owner who went to Wuhan for Chinese New Year was unable to come back.

The dog was taken care of at a local pet store and the dog's owner promised that they will bring the dog back home.