--- title: Boy and Lost Dog Reunite in Heartwarming Video description: Witness the heartwarming moment when a boy and his dog, who was lost for two weeks, are reunited again. canonical: https://time.com/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-17T19:49:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:09.242Z og:title: See the Heartwarming Moment a Lost Dog and His Owner Reunite og:description: I'm not crying, you're crying og:url: https://time.com/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/ 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: See the Heartwarming Moment a Lost Dog and His Owner Reunite twitter:description: I'm not crying, you're crying twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Witness the Heartwarming Moment When a Lost Dog and His Human Reunite by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 17, 2019 7:49 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 17, 2019 7:49 PM UTC [Christmas](https://time.com/5750686/dog-christmas-photoshoot/) came early for a young boy who was reunited with his [lost dog](https://time.com/5559558/dog-lost-at-atlanta-airport/) in a [heartwarming moment](https://time.com/5751325/holiday-card-viral/) this week. In a video first uploaded on Facebook and then shared on Twitter, a dog named Piper, who was missing for two weeks, excitedly waits in the car to see his owner, a young boy named Carter, who’s leaving school for the day. When Carter sees Piper, his emotions change from disbelief to excitement and tears of happiness. After Carter puts away his backpack, he hugs Piper tightly in a moment that’s both heartwarming and tear-jerking. According to the Facebook post, after Piper was lost, the family was worried that they would never see her again, until a dog matching her description was found at the Genesee County Animal Shelter, which Carter’s mother called “a Christmas miracle.” See the delightful and touching moment when Carter and Piper the dog are reunited below. > [](https://twitter.com/humorandanimals/status/1206680072582811653) > [](https://twitter.com/humorandanimals/status/1206710463683268608) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/"},"headline":"Witness the Heartwarming Moment When a Lost Dog and His Human Reunite","datePublished":"2019-12-17T19:49:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:09.242Z","description":"I'm not crying, you're crying","url":"https://time.com/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"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/5751373/lost-dog-reunited-with-boy-video/","name":"Witness the Heartwarming Moment When a Lost Dog and His Human Reunite"}}]}] ```