more than 37,000 followers in two weeks.



On Thursday night more than 4,000 comments on a micro blog online were left congratulating her after a picture was posted of Xiao Sa in the arms of her new friend in front of the Llasa's Potala Palace.

Mr Heng, a student in Wuhan, Hubei province, had decided to cycle to Llasa as a graduation trip with friends when he met a lonely dog.



'She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province,' he told China Daily . 'So we fed her, and then she followed our team.



They thought she was following for fun, but found she insisted on sticking around them day and night.

One of the gang: Xiao Sa with the riders travelled more than 1,100 miles together

The dog has becomea celebrity in her homeland and a micro blog recording her life online has attracted more than 37,000 followers

'We felt she might want to come along with us, so we decided to bring her along to the end.'



A week later, Zhang and his friends opened the micro blog account for her.



'We thought the dog was encouraging us, and wanted others to know its story,' he told China Daily .



They created the name Xiao Sa by combining xiao meaning 'little' with the last syllable of Lhasa.



During their journey, Xiao Sa, Zhang and his team covered 1,138 miles and climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000m.

Xiao Sa's journey started when one of the cyclists, Zhang Heng, 22, gave her food on highway G318 in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Student Zhang Heng gave the