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A woman has gone viral for her reaction to a dog who apparently let itself into her house and made himself at home.
A clip shared to TikTok, with over 835,000 likes and more than 5.5 million views, was posted on Stella's account @stellybellywellyfart with the caption: "OK apparently we have a new addition to the family."
Stella Hennen, 19, who lives in Minnesota, told Newsweek that she was "scared at first because I heard a weird, rustling noise downstairs and had no idea what it was."
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The video begins with Hennen speaking to the camera at the bottom of the stairs before panning to the front door of her home, which is wide-open.
"I just came down, and my door is open," Hennen says with an expression between shock and hilarity, before adding: "And there's..."
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The camera then shows a large black dog approaching her, its tail wagging hard and his tongue lolling out of his mouth, before Hennen shouts out: "That's not my dog!"
She then briefly shows her own dog lounging on the couch, taking no notice of the visitor, and asks the happy-looking black dog: "Who are you? You are so cute!"
TikTok users loved the video. "Your dog had a friend over," one wrote. Hennen told Newsweek that does seem to be the case.
"I trained my dog, Luna, to open and close doors like two years ago, so that's how my door was opened I believe," she said. "Guess she just sneaked a little friend in for a playdate."
Musician Hennen added that, when she first came downstairs, both dogs came to greet her.
"They must've been paying for a bit before, because when I pulled out my phone, my dog went to sit on the couch. She must've been so tired out from the other dog that she just wanted to chill."
The new dog, meanwhile, "seemed to be very happy to be in the presence of someone!"
Having descended from wolves, who live in packs, and domesticated by humans, dogs are generally social creatures who enjoy company, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
If dogs were left on their own, the ASPCA said they would live together in groups or packs of family and friends, and would generally protect one another from danger.
Hennen later assured fans of the mysterious dog that he was "happy, healthy, and home and safe."
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In a video update, she said she checked the dog's collar and realized it belonged to her neighbor, and she allowed the two pups to continue their "playdate" until she had to leave for work.
And to all those concerned she might be ripping apart the new friendship, Hennen added: "I think they will be hanging out more in the future. And, this time, I will just open the door for the dog instead of it breaking and entering."
Hennen told Newsweek: "I'm happy the clip got attention, I thought it was a silly video and would make some people laugh."
"I'm glad people got the same kick out of it that I did," she said.
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