--- --- # This Dog Was So Excited to Be Reunited With Its Owner That It Passed Out by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 25, 2014 6:10 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 25, 2014 6:10 PM UTC There’s little doubt that people [love their pets](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1888304,00.html), after all, you don’t [spend $56 billion on animals](http://time.com/23451/pets-dogs-cats-spending-americans/) you just barely tolerate. While companion animals can’t show their love financially ([Grumpy Cat nothwithstanding](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/16/1-year-old-grumpy-cat-wins-lifetime-achievement-award-for-being-a-cat/)), it’s pretty clear that pets love their people, too. Take for example, Rebecca Ehalt’s reunion with her beloved Schnauzer, which she [uploaded to YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp03AorAWLY). This dog was so happy to be reunited with his human friend, that it passed out from joy. According to the YouTube posting, Ehalt had been gone for two years — that’s 14 dog years! – and the family pet just couldn’t contain all the feelings coursing through its little four-legged body and ended up shrieking in happiness until it keeled over. Don’t worry, though, the pup was taken to a vet who gave the dog a clean bill of health. **MORE**: [This Website Knows Where Your Cat Lives](http://time.com/3019671/i-know-where-your-cat-lives-website-data-visualization/) **MORE**: [Machine, and It Will Dispense Food for Stray Dogs](http://time.com/3024554/recycle-plastic-bottles-in-this-machine-and-it-will-dispense-food-to-stray-dogs/) Video: Dog Passes Out after Reuniting With Owner ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3033961/this-dog-was-so-excited-to-be-reunited-with-its-owner-that-it-passed-out/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3033961/this-dog-was-so-excited-to-be-reunited-with-its-owner-that-it-passed-out/"},"headline":"This Dog Was So Excited to Be Reunited With Its Owner That It Passed Out","datePublished":"2014-07-25T18:10:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:55.698Z","description":"They had been apart for two years. But don't worry, the dog is fine.","url":"https://time.com/3033961/this-dog-was-so-excited-to-be-reunited-with-its-owner-that-it-passed-out/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","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/3033961/this-dog-was-so-excited-to-be-reunited-with-its-owner-that-it-passed-out/","name":"This Dog Was So Excited to Be Reunited With Its Owner That It Passed Out"}}]}] ```