--- title: Super Bowl 2015: Budweiser's Lost Dog Ad Has Clydesdales, Puppy description: Animal friendship at its finest canonical: https://time.com/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T15:55:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:07.496Z og:title: Budweiser's 'Lost Dog' Super Bowl Ad Is An Emotional Roller Coaster og:description: Animal friendship at its finest og:url: https://time.com/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd91081e066feb79/69877c4b0b72e3ce6c6dd622/screen-shot-2015-01-28-at-10-02-33-am.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 818 og:image:height: 460 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-01-28 at 10.02.33 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Budweiser's 'Lost Dog' Super Bowl Ad Is An Emotional Roller Coaster twitter:description: Animal friendship at its finest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd91081e066feb79/69877c4b0b72e3ce6c6dd622/screen-shot-2015-01-28-at-10-02-33-am.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Budweiser's Super Bowl Ad About a Lost Puppy Is An Emotional Roller Coaster > Sponsored content. 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Despite [false rumors](http://time.com/3605378/budweiser-clydesdale-jayz-zombies-millennials-beer-ads/) that the beer company was nixing its signature Clydesdales for the big game ad, Budweiser has continued its [very successful](http://time.com/3870/budweiser-puppy-love-super-bowl-commercial/) strategy of highlighting the power of animal friendship. In a sequel to its 2014 ad “Puppy Love,” “Lost Dog” tells the story of an 11-week-old golden Lab who gets separated from his best friend — a Clydesdale horse. What comes next is a minute-long emotional roller coaster that will make you feel like you’re watching _Homeward Bound_ for the very first time.  Budweiser Eight puppies between 11 and 12.5 weeks old were used in the filming of this ad, directed by RSA’s Jake Scott. The poignant soundtrack is by Sleeping At Last, who offer up an acoustic version of “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” originally by the Proclaimers. We won’t spoil the saga — warning: there are wolves!! — but you might want to sit down. _Read next:_ [_A Look at Budweiser’s Successful Clydesdale Campaign_](http://time.com/3605378/budweiser-clydesdale-jayz-zombies-millennials-beer-ads/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/"},"headline":"Budweiser's Super Bowl Ad About a Lost Puppy Is An Emotional Roller Coaster","datePublished":"2015-01-28T15:55:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:07.496Z","description":"Animal friendship at its finest","url":"https://time.com/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Advertising","Super Bowl ads","Budweiser"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd91081e066feb79/69877c4b0b72e3ce6c6dd622/screen-shot-2015-01-28-at-10-02-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd91081e066feb79/69877c4b0b72e3ce6c6dd622/screen-shot-2015-01-28-at-10-02-33-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-28 at 10.02.33 AM","caption":"","creditText":"Budweiser","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3685789/budweiser-super-bowl-ad-lost-puppy/","name":"Budweiser's Super Bowl Ad About a Lost Puppy Is An Emotional Roller Coaster"}}]}] ```