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Haymaker Valley is a series of memes where AI-generated videos of dogs standing on their back legs and throwing punches, or "haymakers," are edited in frightening and intense ways. The memes claim that the dogs come from "Haymaker Valley," a fictional location similar to other memetic locations like Huss Valley and Folk Valley.

The trend was popularized on TikTok in early August 2026 and was purportedly started by TikToker @misomillion on August 6th that year. Some videos referencing the meme claim that a group of evil cats is attacking Haymaker Valley.

Origin

On August 6th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @misomillion posted an AI-generated video of a dog standing on its hind legs and shadowboxing. The video features a location tag for "Haymaker Valley," a "haymaker" being a specific type of punch. The video gained over 14,700 views in a week.

The same TikToker continued to post videos of dogs throwing haymakers in Haymaker Valley over the following days, with some gaining significant viewership.

For example, on August 7th, the TikToker^[2] posted a version of the meme that gained over 871,000 views in six days.

Spread

The Haymaker Valley meme spread on TikTok in early August 2026 as further examples were shared online.

On August 10th, 2026, TikToker^[3] @rdr2_clips05 posted a meme about the various Haymaker Valley characters, garnering over 1.7 million views in three days.

On August 11th, TikToker^[4] @onytitned posted a version of the Send Him 2-3 Years Dagestan meme that references the Haymaker Valley dogs, garnering over 580,000 views in two days.

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