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By Rachael O'Connor
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A woman who set out on a walk with her dog returned home with a second dog in tow.
Saraphine lives in the United States with her two pets, a dog and a cat, but recently became the temporary carer to a stray who followed her all the way home and walked in the front door as if it were her own.
In a video to her TikTok account @saraphineisabellestanier on April 7, she showed the two dogs happily interacting together in her home, and explained she had taken her pup for an early-morning walk when the second dog appeared out of nowhere, "sniffing me, having a grand old time."
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"She just followed me home. I tried to open up the door without her getting in, but she just walked right in," she told the camera. "No collar, I don't know if she's microchipped. I have to leave for work in 20 minutes, I don't know what to do."
Saraphine said she had considered keeping the dog in the bathroom while she was at work until she figured out a plan, but the stray started "whining."
The stray also appeared to be getting on well with Saraphine's dog, with the video showing the pair interacting with furiously wagging tails.
"Do I just leave her in my house until I get home in like six hours?" she worried in the clip, admitting she was "so stressed."
TikTok users were immediately invested, with one commenter writing: "Your dog's tail going in a circular motion is killing me."
"Where's your dog winding up to go?" another laughed, while plenty more gave advice on not leaving the dogs together unsupervised, to check the stray for the microchip, to adopt the dog herself, and to call in sick to work to take care of the stray.
Since that clip went viral—viewed close to 3 million times and with more than 193,000 likes—Saraphine posted a series of updates about the unexpected addition to the household.
Unfortunately, Saraphine had no choice but to keep the stray in the bathroom that morning—and arrived home later that day to find she had chewed and scratched at the walls and door of her rented home.
It wasn't possible for Saraphine to keep the stray, as there is a limit to the number of animals she is allowed in her apartment complex, and her cat was not comfortable around the new dog.
But her hopes of reuniting the stray with an owner were dashed when she checked and learned she did not have a microchip, and she was having trouble trying to get the stray into any local shelter.
Eventually, after posting the stray on multiple social media platforms to try and find any previous family, she found a shelter willing to take her in.
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Thousands had followed the story over multiple update videos, with some admitting they were "disappointed" she wasn't able to keep the dog, but others assuring Saraphine "you did our best."
"This is the most realistic stray dog story," another said, adding: "You did more than enough to help in my opinion."
Newsweek has contacted @saraphineisabellestanier on TikTok for comment on this story.
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