We know dog are loyal — but this is another point of canine companionship .

We all love our dogs andthey probably fuck us , thank goodness . But would your puppy wait intently alfresco for an entire workday for you to return home ? That ’s what West Virginia rescue dog Sadie does .

She ’ll lay , digest , or seat in their drive for hours and hours , hold back to see her dad Tim ’s grim Ford F-250 make it . Her momma , Sara Fitzwater of Summersville , W.V. , posteda video compilationof Sadie ’s driveway vigil on TikTok last week . So far , the clips of Sadie staring out onto the route — with the accompany message " My husband rescued this bounder and now she expect for him everyday to number home"—have been viewed more than 7.8 million prison term .

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" I ’ve never had [ a dog ] be that dedicated , " Sara Fitzwater tell Daily Paws .

Sadie has a well reason . Earlier this year , Tim had started visualise her smiley face at a mining site he confab for his line of work . She ’s been leave there but was always happy to see him , and Tim would send photos of her back to the fellowship . you may see where this is extend .

" Finally , we just give in , and he bring her nursing home , " Sara say .

Sadie — who Sara intend is a stone Samson andLabradormix with maybe somehunting dogthrown in — joined the family ’s two other click , 13 - year - onetime rescue Samson and minidachshundAlex , in April . That ’s pretty much when she go waiting for Tim to fare home each work 24-hour interval , say Sara , who works from home and get to see it take place each Clarence Day .

She ’s an outside dog , and the now - viral TikTok shows her await over the course of several days . If it ’s raining , Sara says Sadie will withdraw to the garage or porch for cover charge — but still with both eyes trained on the road out front . It ’s a ton of waiting , too . Tim is ordinarily go between eight and 10 minute — a ton of clip to worry that your best friend might not ever come back .

But he does come back ! As you could see in Sara’sfollow - up video , Tim ’s counter entails emotional , happyzoomies .

" She ’s really well-chosen when he grow there , " Sara says .

She ’d posted the TikTok because she ( rightly ) think it was cute , not roll in the hay that it would read millions and millions of views . But who does n’t sleep with seeing the ultimate bail between a man and his dog ?

" She slay the jackpot , I guess , when she smiled at him , " Sara says .