--- title: Watch a Family of Puppies Reunite After 4 Years Apart description: Although Samo had a great new home and went on many adventures, her owners could tell that she missed her siblings. canonical: https://time.com/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-10T22:28:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:52.214Z og:title: Watch a Family of Puppies Adorably Reunite After 4 Years Apart og:description: Try not to get too emotional og:url: https://time.com/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/ 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 Family of Puppies Adorably Reunite After 4 Years Apart twitter:description: Try not to get too emotional twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Family of Puppies Adorably Reunite After 4 Years Apart  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 10, 2016 10:28 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 10, 2016 10:28 PM UTC When Samo was adopted by Laura Lane and her boyfriend at 8 weeks old, her name was Pubert and she was one of a litter of eight [puppies](http://time.com/4237898/tom-brady-introduces-new-puppy-lion-king/) known as the Addams Family. Although Samo had a great new home, her owners say they could tell that she missed her siblings. So after four years of life apart, it was finally time for a [canine reunion](http://time.com/4242867/stephen-colbert-puppy-oscars/). **Read More:** [Here’s What a Litter of 17 Sheepdog Puppies Looks Like](http://time.com/4242991/sheepdog-napa-17-puppies-litter/) Lane was able to contact the human families of three of Samo’s brothers and sisters, Oreo, Hunter and PJ (formerly known as Gomez, Uncle Fester and The Thing), and organize a meet-up for the [adorable pups](http://time.com/4246251/french-bulldog-puppy-skateboard/). A video of the get-together was posted on YouTube on Sunday and has since gone viral, being viewed over 278,000 times. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/"},"headline":"Watch a Family of Puppies Adorably Reunite After 4 Years Apart","datePublished":"2016-03-10T22:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:52.214Z","description":"Try not to get too emotional","url":"https://time.com/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","animal videos","puppies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4254286/puppy-family-reunion-4-years-apart/","name":"Watch a Family of Puppies Adorably Reunite After 4 Years Apart"}}]}] ```