--- title: Puppy in Budweiser Anti Drinking and Driving Ad description: Adorable puppy stars in new Budweiser anti drinking and driving PSA canonical: https://time.com/3418446/budweiser-puppy-anti-drunk-driving-campaign/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-22T15:51:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:22.382Z og:title: Puppy in Budweiser Anti Drinking and Driving Ad og:description: This ad will melt your heart og:url: https://time.com/3418446/budweiser-puppy-anti-drunk-driving-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85504d6aaac48e5d/6986a497e53aba66c64d4898/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-11-24-03-am.png?branch=production&width=808&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 808 og:image:height: 455 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-22 at 11.24.03 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Puppy in Budweiser Anti Drinking and Driving Ad twitter:description: This ad will melt your heart twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85504d6aaac48e5d/6986a497e53aba66c64d4898/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-11-24-03-am.png?branch=production&width=808&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Puppy Is the Face of Budweiser's Tear Jerker Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Sep 22, 2014 3:51 PM UTC  Budweiser by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Sep 22, 2014 3:51 PM UTC Budweiser, a [leading expert in interspecies friendship](http://time.com/3870/budweiser-puppy-love-super-bowl-commercial/), released a poignant PSA Friday with a resonating message: Don’t drink and drive — You will break your puppy’s heart. Anheuser-Busch InBev [used ad agency Momentum Worldwide](http://adage.com/article/see-the-spot/budweiser-drunk-drivers-kill-puppy-love/295058/) to create the 60-second spot, which shows the evolving relationship between an adorable man and his adorable yellow lab, the same breed used in Budweiser’s successful Super Bowl ad campaign. In a moment of worry, the man is shown leaving his house with friends and a few buds and not coming home. The dog whimpers. The audience holds its collective breath. While we fear for the worst, in the end it turns out that he just spent the night at his friend’s house to stay safe. 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