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In a viral TikTok video, a dog owner from Arizona shared her pup's reaction to getting a whole new yard all to herself, and internet users can't cope with the heartwarming footage.
The clip, shared in March under the username @rdnacc, shows the pup, Korra, walking out to the porch of her new home, leading to a huge garden, the first one that she has ever seen. As Korra realizes that this is now her new home, she starts running around, wagging her tail, as if she is having the best day of her entire life.
"That moment when I finally gave my apartment dog a backyard," reads layover text in the clip. And a caption says: "She was patient with me all these years."
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The video quickly went viral on social media and has so far received over 2.1 million views and more than 455,000 likes on the platform.
One user, ..virgobby, commented: "The ending. It was like she was realizing 'is this all mine?'"
Diabl.ohh posted: "My apartment dog hates being outside other than to potty. when I let him in the back at my parents he barks at the back door until we let him in lol [laugh out loud]."
Ons added: "The way they stopped and looked at you like 'is this really for me??"
Newsweek reached out to @rdnacc for comment via TikTok comments. We could not verify the details of the case.
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