Something about Beaker’s muddy grin feels like you’ve walked in mid-story, right at the good part. Posted by @bunsenberner.bmd, the video opens with Beaker, the Golden Retriever, posing proudly, dirt smudged across her snout, before the camera turns to her big brother Bunsen, the Bernese — clearly the other half of whatever adventure just happened.
It looks like any other playful dog scene, but before you know it, you’re watching a tiny snapshot of how these two have always shown up for each other.
Dog protects big brother after he has surgery in video
Sitting comfortably at over 282,000 likes, the video’s popularity makes sense; a sibling story with this much heart practically spreads itself around. As the camera zooms in on Beaker, the text on screen drops the first gut punch: “When our Golden was a puppy, a coyote attacked her.” Before you can even process the scare, the video flips to Bunsen — panting, steady, and giving off that quiet “I’ve got her” energy big brothers seem to be born with. The following text appears: “It didn’t see her big brother.” And suddenly the picture sharpens — this isn’t just another sibling duo; this is a dog who once literally saved her life.
A wider shot lands on both of them, calm now, as if the danger never happened. Then the video jumps to a newer, more recent scene: Bunsen in a cone collar, lying down after surgery, groggy but patient in that big-hearted, gentle-giant way.
Right next to him — close enough to touch — is Beaker, keeping watch in that instinctive way she seems to have picked up from him. “Year later when he needed surgery… it was her turn to protect him.” The two are tucked together inside Bunsen’s enclosure, daylight streaming in, and Beaker never once edging away or relaxing her vigil.
The comments section is full of people feeling exactly what the video delivers: younger-sibling energy when Beaker steals the comfiest spot, a collective shudder at the mention of the coyote attack, and a wave of gratitude for the kind of heroism that doesn’t need capes. Just fur, history, and a bond that keeps holding.
