Watch Senior Dog Reuniting With Childhood Best Friend After Almost 9 Years

Two dogs that first met as puppies have had a heartwarming reunion after almost 9 years aside.

“You may see it in her face that she was pleased and in disbelief it was her,” proprietor Jess, 36, informed Newsweek.

Ruby, an 11-year-old cocker spaniel, and Mia, an 11-year-old whippet and Italian greyhound cross, first met once they have been very small. Ruby’s proprietor Jess and Mia’s proprietor Sarah shortly turned buddies on the native canine park, and the possibility assembly was the start of a ravishing friendship between their pets.

“We met randomly on the park. Ruby and Mia have been the identical age—it turned out they have been born every week aside from one another. They began enjoying, and that was it,” Jess stated. The dogs’ friendship grew robust, and the 2 households incessantly met as much as play and bond.

However, as time went on, work schedules and different duties started to tug the chums in several instructions. Sometimes, they’d go weeks with out seeing one another, which changed into months, and ultimately, they misplaced contact.

Despite the passage of time, although, Ruby nonetheless remembered her pal Mia—typically looking for her on walks.

“Ruby would nonetheless get excited each time she’d see a canine that appeared like Mia, then be unhappy when she realized it wasn’t her—even all these years on,” stated Jess.

Jess and Ruby are quickly because of transfer from their home in Manchester, England, to Scotland, and this prompted the proprietor to make a promise to her canine companion. She vowed to seek out Mia earlier than the large transfer, particularly contemplating the age of each dogs.

Thanks to the ability of social media, Jess managed to trace down Sarah and Mia, and earlier than lengthy, the pair have been planning a long-overdue reunion.

Two weeks later, the reunion took place. Ruby, who had confronted a traumatic incident the earlier yr when she was attacked by 4 bigger dogs, was normally cautious round different dogs. However, when she noticed Mia, it was totally different. She immediately acknowledged her long-lost pal and ran towards her.

“She positively acknowledged her,” Jess stated. “It took Mia a bit longer to understand it was Ruby, as Ruby had her anal glands eliminated in 2020 because of having aggressive most cancers in them, so her scent will not have been as robust.”

Emotions ran excessive because the house owners watched the long-lost buddies play. Jess even shared the moment on her TikTok page @xjessxjxthe place it has been seen 1000’s of instances.

“This is so candy,” posted TikTok person Naomi, whereas ClarekennedyRVN wrote: “Beautiful. Love how her tail turns from wags to full on helicopter. They always remember.”

Since their reunion, Ruby and Mia have met up twice extra, rekindling their friendship as if no time had handed.

Human buddies Jess and Sarah are additionally happy to be reunited, and are decided to make sure that Ruby and Mia have each alternative to get pleasure from their senior years collectively.

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