Footage recorded on Thursday showed Beyli with his owners, 11-year-old Victoria and her father, Jairo, in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state.

Victoria survived the earthquakes but lost her mother and grandmother. Although Beyli's eyesight had been affected by his injuries and he could not recognise her at first, he reacted when he heard her voice.

Jairo said the family was not present when rescuers found the dog on July 23.

"It was on the 23rd [of July] that they found Beyli, but we were not there at that moment. We were at my mother's house. And I tell my daughter, I felt something, I tell my daughter: come on, get in, we're going there to see how the rescue is going, how they are removing the material," he said.

The rescue came as a complete surprise to the family.

"We never imagined it was the dog because we had no hope of finding him alive after so much time. The last thing on our minds was finding the dog alive," Jairo admitted.

Since his rescue, Beyli has been receiving treatment from local veterinarians.

Veterinarian Mirna Calderon said the dog arrived frightened and severely underweight after spending weeks trapped beneath the rubble.

"When I received Beyli, he was very frightened. As we say, there are many losses. He had a fairly considerable weight loss. You can still see that he has quite a lot of weight loss, and he will recover it little by little," she said.

Calderon said Beyli suffered corneal ulcers in both eyes because of the rubble but remained active throughout his recovery.

"However, despite everything, he remained active, alert, in very good spirits, and with a great appetite," she added.

"There is no explanation for how Beyli could have been in the condition he was in," Calderon said.

The earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, caused the collapse of 190 buildings in Venezuela and left more than 5,500 people dead and 16,700 others injured, according to the latest figures released by the Venezuelan government.