Woman Reunited With Ex-Boyfriend’s Dog After 6 Months—Tears at His Reaction
By Rachel O'Connor
Hearts have melted at a giant dog who was reunited with one of his favorite people after six months apart.
Evelyn Martin, 31, is from Vancouver, Canada, and has a strong bond with Roman, a Great Dane dog who she used to spend a lot of time with.
Martin had been in a relationship with Roman's owner, but when that relationship came to an end, she naturally didn't get to see Roman as much.
But the bond remained, as proven by a sweet video posted to Martin's TikTok account, @evelynmmartin on August 7.
Martin explained in a comment that she lives in the same neighborhood as her ex, who she described as a "wonderful person," adding that in the end they "just weren't each other's forever people and that's okay."
Living in close proximity to an ex can come with its problems, but in Martin's case, it has major positives—because she randomly met Roman the Dane while he was out for a walk with a dog walker.
In the video, Roman stops dead still as he recognizes her from across a green area, and she calls out excitedly to him: "Hi, baby!"
She starts walking to the end of the green to greet him—and suddenly Roman comes back into shot again, pulling on the leash as hard as he can, dragging the walker behind him in his effort to get to Martin.
The dog jumps onto the grassy area, shakes his head with his whole body moving in excitement, and jumps up to greet Martin, showering her with licks and nuzzles before spinning excitedly in a circle.
The video then suddenly cuts off, as Martin wrote in a caption: "Sorry it cut off, I was tackled!"
She wrote over the video: "My ex's Great Dane seeing me for the first time in six months."
But, as she told Newsweek: "That definitely is how Roman always responds to me!"
TikTok users loved it, awarding the video more than 540,000 likes and watching it a whopping 3.7 million times, as one commenter called it "the hard side of a break up."
"I never miss my ex but I think about his dog all the time," another admitted, while one joked: "If I was the owner I'd be so betrayed lol."
Dogs can and do miss people they've formed a bond with, for instance, if their owner passes away, according to a report from the American Kennel Club (AKC).
While they might not fully understand the human absence, they will notice a change in routine or the absence of sight, sound or smell of that person, and will know that something is different.
When it comes to grief, there are signs that a dog is feeling particularly anxious, which can present itself as panting, whining, barking, pacing and fidgeting.
