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By Shira Li Bartov
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When a couple discovered that their puppy's mom was being retired from breeding, they decided to adopt her and bring the canine family back together.
One of the owners, Kenzie Keller, shared a touching video of the reunion on TikTok. Her video has reached 9.8 million views since it was posted on March 7.
"Makes me just want to cry," Keller captioned the post. The golden retrievers appeared to recognize each other immediately and the puppy raced toward his mom. In another clip, the dogs lounged on a bed together, licking and sniffing each other.
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"It seemed like they instantly connected," Keller told Newsweek. She added that while the puppy had an excitable personality, his mom lost a bit of patience for him after the video was taken.
"She seemed a little annoyed by him at times," Keller laughed.
A more recent TikTok video showed the canine mom and puppy frolicking and playing together outside. Keller and her boyfriend live with the dogs in Wyoming.
Young puppies have been proven to recognize their mothers and littermates based on scent cues, according to professor Stanley Coren, a neuropsychological researcher who explained the link between canine mothers and puppies for Psychology Today. Coren added that canine moms and their adult offspring can typically recognize each other even after a long separation.
Keller said that her puppy, named Kaptain, was 16 weeks old. His mom Zoey just turned 4.
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Many viewers were moved by the reunion.
"I love that she finally got to keep one of her babies," one user wrote.
"I can't get over the happiness on her face when she saw her baby again," another commenter chimed in.
One viewer claimed to have kept their own canine families together. "I rescued two mamas and the puppies they were nursing and still have both mamas and one puppy from each," they commented below the video.
However, some viewers raised concerns about the practice of breeding dogs.
"Sorry creator but they dumped her the moment they couldn't make money off her," one user wrote. "They didn't want to fund her retirement apparently."
"Man it's super messed up to put dogs through pregnancy for personal monetary gain," another person added.
Keller told Newsweek that she understood why her audience supported adopting shelter dogs and why they questioned unethical breeding practices. She said that she had dedicated significant time and research to getting her puppy from an ethical breeder that prioritized owners seeking search-and-rescue dogs, service dogs and hunting dogs.
"I couldn't be more happy with our family of goldens," she said.
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