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# This Dog Was So Excited to Be Reunited With Its Owner That It Passed Out

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## 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/)

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