A man took to social media a video of his dog playing with the garbage man. Joshua Byrne is the owner of the dog, who is known as Shelby. Shelby always feels excited whenever she hears the sound of the garbage truck.

You know that feeling when over-excitement makes you feel uncomfortable? Like you just want to be somewhere or do something? Yes, this was Shelby’s kind of excitement. Byrne was confused as to why his dog would always misbehave when he sights or hears the sound of the garbage truck.

Byrne was set to figure out the strange behavior of Shelby. One day, Byrne decided to figure out what the exact problem was. He waited to hear the garbage truck sound and set Shelby free to go outside to the yard. He was peeping through the sitting room window.

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The truck arrived, and Shelby approached it. Byrne sighted a man behind the truck, it was the garbage man. At first, he was scared of his dog hurting the garbage man. But to his greatest surprise, his dog looked relaxed and excited in the presence of the garbage man. He was then that he realized that they were friends

Byrne took out his camera and started recording the moment.
The garbage man embraced the dog, knelt down in front of her and started playing with her. He’d touch her head several times and tickle her stomach.

Byrne was so happy about their friendship and how the man pets his dog. He couldn’t help himself but to come out and thank the man for always playing with his dog. It was an epic moment!
Shelby was in the shelter until the Byrne family adopted her. She has since become a part of the family.

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Byrne uploaded the video online, and it has since passed 10.5million views. People search for the ‘garbage man and Shelby’ or something similar to watch the video every day, while some watch and re-watch. A lot of people praised the garbage man. Yes, it never gets old!