By Staff Reporter (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Apr 15, 2014 12:40 AM EDT

Videos about love between pets and owners are among the most viral on social media.

This clip shows the moment Lauri Da Costa, a Brazilian without family, went to the hospital to receive treatment for melanoma. But when the hospital staff found out that the patient came with his dog, they decided to feed him and to keep him around to eventually reunite him with his owner.

This touching story and the special moment when dog an owner are reunited were captured on video by the hospital’s staff, which was posted on YouTube and went viral almost inmediately.