--- title: Huge Dog Runs With Veterinarian on Back: Video description: The vet you'll see in this video is trying to get a really, really large dog to cooperate with her, and it's just really not working. canonical: https://time.com/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T16:17:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:14.352Z og:title: Watch a Huge Dog Take a Veterinarian for a Ride on His Back og:description: And then see the other vets laugh hysterically og:url: https://time.com/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Huge Dog Take a Veterinarian for a Ride on His Back twitter:description: And then see the other vets laugh hysterically twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Huge Dog Take a Veterinarian for a Ride on His Back by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 26, 2016 4:17 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 26, 2016 4:17 PM UTC As a [veterinarian](http://time.com/3582362/pet-ebola-veterinary-guidelines/), getting [animals](http://time.com/4191108/animals-frolicking-snow/) to cooperate with you is probably a big part of the job. We imagine it’s quite difficult, but probably a bit easier when you’re dealing with smaller animals. The vet you’ll see in this video is trying to get a really, really large dog to cooperate with her, and it’s just really not working. (It’s unclear what kind of dog it is, but looks like it could be a mastiff.) She calls in reinforcements to help her out, but eventually the dog just takes off — with the vet on his back. One person runs after them to try and help, while the two who remain the frame just start laughing hysterically. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/"},"headline":"Watch a Huge Dog Take a Veterinarian for a Ride on His Back","datePublished":"2016-01-26T16:17:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:14.352Z","description":"And then see the other vets laugh hysterically","url":"https://time.com/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/4193854/dog-carries-veterinarian-on-back/","name":"Watch a Huge Dog Take a Veterinarian for a Ride on His Back"}}]}] ```