They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that couldn’t be more true as far as these two golden retriever brothers are concerned! One dog mom was curious to know what would happen if she reunited her four-legged friend, Finnley, with one of his littermates. Would these siblings recognize each other after being separated for a while? As an experiment, the pet parent staged a “chance” meeting between her dog and his brother, Jet, at the park.
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Mom shared the sweetest footage of this golden retriever reunion on social media. In her video, she explained that neither she nor Jet’s owner prompted the dogs in any way. Instead, the two humans simply walked past one another as though they were two perfect strangers taking their dogs to the park.
When the golden retriever brothers saw one another, they paused. Then, recognition seemed to set in. Soon, the two dogs were wagging their tails and playing with each other like old friends! It looks like this experiment was a total success.
“Finnley and Jet are 7-month-old golden retriever siblings from the same litter,” Mom explained in her caption. “They had not seen each other in over a month so we arranged an ‘accidental’ run-in to see if the brothers would recognize each other on their own, with no cues while crossing paths.”
She continued, “As they got closer they had a moment of hesitation then their tails started wagging like crazy and within seconds they were back to being inseparable as if they’d never been apart.”
This golden retriever reunion was way too sweet!
Many people in the comments section of this precious video shared their own littermate reunion stories. Some of them were really cute!
“We took our girl to a dog social and she ran over to a pup that looked just like her… talked to the owners and after getting her DNA done we found out they were siblings!” wrote one user. “They knew right away!”
Another person actually had almost the exact opposite experience with their dog, and it was too hilarious.
“This is so funny cuz my dog ran into its own mother once and neither of them cared AT ALL lol,” they said.
Well, not all dogs are quite as affectionate as these golden retriever brothers. Isn’t it amazing how they recognized each other almost immediately?
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