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Family celebrates as elderly dog miraculously runs for first time in years on Christmas Day
A familys adorable reaction to their elderly dog running for the first time in years has melted hearts online.�
Billy the dog is 15 years old and hasnt run in years, according to the family. On Christmas day, he surprised everyone with an athletic performance.
Declay Gaynor from Australia shared the moment to TikTok in a video that has since been viewed over 370,000 times and liked 67,000 times.�
A Christmas miracle for the elderly dog
Paired with an instrumental piano tune, Gaynor shared the video of Billy the dog running alongside the familys at-home swimming pool on Christmas day.�
15-year-old Billy boy decided to come out to the pool, he wrote on-screen. The entire family could be heard loudly cheering and encouraging Billy as he freely darted around the pool.�
Come on Bill, one family member could be heard yelling in support.
Gaynor explained in the post that it was Billy the dogs first time outside all day and his first time running in years. As a result, the entire family vocalized their joy at the Christmas miracle for their elderly pooch.
Billy even jumped the pools filter, with the video showing him stopping to then jump over a gap in the ground. His human family waited in anticipation and let out cheers when he successfully made the jump.
Hope youre still swimming next X-mas Billy boy, Gaynor wrote on-screen at the end of the video.�
TikTok users have been made emotional by the elderly dog
With so many views, its unsurprising that Billy has managed to melt so many hearts online. TikTok users have flooded the comments with messages of support for the four-legged friend.
I love how everyone is cheering for him, wrote one user.
Oh no, Im crying at his frolicking and also how happy everyone is to see him, added another.
I have a 16-year-old and I love those bursts of energy, reads one comment.
A viewer shared: I want every dog to be as loved as Billy.
More cute videos of dogs and their families
Last week, another dog went viral on TikTok for his adorable relationship with his human family.�
Just like Billy, this husky is loved by his human family and knows it. After spotting his human brother getting a little too much attention for his liking, the husky hilariously cuddled up to the dad and demanded some for himself.
The moment went viral on TikTok, gaining over 200,000 likes in a month.
