A video of a devoted golden retriever refusing to leave its owner’s side after she passed out on the pavement lately went viral on Chinese social networks.

The dog owner can be seen lying unconscious on the ground in the Heilongjiang city of Daqing in a video shared online by Pear Video, while her faithful companion stands vigil.

When paramedics show up and try to carry the woman right into the ambulance, the dedicated dog attempts several times to leap up onto the stretcher before finally going into the ambulance with its owner, rejecting to be parted.

The golden retriever was circling around its owner when a nurse and also her colleagues arrived on the scene. They were afraid it would certainly fight them to protect her. Nevertheless, once the paramedics drew closer to look at the woman’s vital indicators, they realized the dog was just waiting for them to save its owner.