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50 Times People Met Their Dogs For The First Time, And The Looks On Their Faces Will Make Your Day
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Getting a dog has gotta be up there with the most exciting and emotional times in your life. The first touch of a cold and wet nose, that first slobbery lick and over-enthusiastic jump onto your lap, these are things that stay in your memory forever.
Bored Panda asked people to submit their best first dog meeting pics, and we have now compiled an adorable list of times when it was puppy-love at first sight (or first sniff) for doggos and their brand new humans. You can just tell that through the good times and the ruff, they are destined to become best of buddies fur-ever.
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My Mom Had Always Said No When My Dad Asked For A Puppy. For Years She Said No And My Dad Never Expected To Get Another Puppy Ever Again
Bringing My New Girl Home. I Think We Will Be Alright
Meet Luna, Our Shelter Rescue
This Excited Family Just Moments After Adoption
Love At First Sight... I Think She Has My Genes! Same Head!
doggo: well, hello sir. you must be my new daddy. From now on I will be your best friend and protector. And I will love you forever <3
Husband Surprises His Wife With A Little Pup She Thought Had Already Been Adopted. She Was... By Husband
Marley Meeting Her Dada
My Friend's Daughter And Her Valentine's Present
When I Met My Goldendoodle Pup, Boo
My Shelter Holds An Annual Dog Adoption Day In A Public Park. Seeing This Lady With Her New Best Friend Made My Day
Officer Montgomery Giving His New Potential Family Member Some Love
Panhandle Animal Welfare Society Report
Went To Rescue A Dog... Got A Bear Instead
My So Was So Excited When He Found Out What His Early Christmas Present Was
I Adopted An Old Girl. Meet Bellini
My Son And Our Dog 20 Minutes After We Adopted Her
Surprised My Dad With A New Puppy
I Met My Best Friend Today
Went To The Shelter With The Intention Of Petting The Dogs... Left With A Dog
Biggest Dream Come True
Day 1
The Face Of A Newly Adopted Pupper
Adopted This Girl From The Pound. She Rode Like This The Whole Way Home
She's not sure, but she knows it's gotta be something good... something better... just wait, little one!
After 6 Months Of Being Depression Free, I Adopted My New Best Friend! Everyone, Meet Gilly
This Is Hope Meeting Her New Dad For The First Time. This Is Probably The Best Day Of Her Life So Far
Who Knew A Little Rescue Mutt Become My Best Buddy?
A Few Weeks Ago My Uncle's Dog Died After 14 Years With Him And He's Been So Depressed About It. My Aunt Surprised Him By Taking Him To Pick Up Their New Puppy When He Thought They Were Just Going Shopping. This Is The First Picture Taken Of Them Together When They Got Back In The Car
Meeting My Girl Rosie From Paws Chicago For The First Time. I Don't Know Who Was Happier, Her Or Me
The Day I Met My Sweet Tata For The First Time
Grumpy Meets Happy For The First Time
All 46lbs (21kg) Wanted To Sit On My Lap On The Way Home From Being Adopted. I Love My New Best Friend
Adopted Toffee Today! She Seemed Extra Happy
We Adopted This Pup! Think He's Happy
Kodi Coming Home To A New Family 13 Years Ago
I Rescued This Little Girl, Here She Is Today Going To Her Forever Home. Happy Pup
Love At First Sight!
Doc The Aussie Shepherd
Local Shelter Posted This Adoption Today
First Trip, We Go Home!
Straight From The SF SPCA To The Headlands To Capture The Beginning Of This Great Story
Surprised My Wife With A Cute Birthday Present
Adopted This Little Guy
2 Minutes After We Asked To Hold Her, This Happened. Guess She Knew She Was Safe With Us
Max And Me. Got Him 2 Weeks Ago, Love My Pupper!
Vet Friend Brought Her By To Visit At Work. Then Said She's Looking For A Home
There's just something adorable about a big tough tattooed guy holding a little puppy that makes my heart melt
Our 3 Month Old Newfoundland Puppy. He Was Going To Be Euthanized For Having A Heart Defect
My Wife Just Texted Me This From The Shelter. Looks Like We're Adopting A Puppy
This One Is Still My Favourite
First Day Meeting My Best Friend
Just Met This Baby Girl Today!! I Guess You Could Say It Was Love At First Sight
Got This Pup From A Rescue 2 Years Ago, I Blurred Myself So All The Attention Is On Him. Everyone Welcome Sir Benedict Blanco!
Two Old Ladies Meeting For The First Time. Best Friends Since That Day
The Day Koti Came To Her Forever Home. In 6 Years She Has Rescued Me From Myself By Loving Me When I Couldn't. My Lifesaver
Drove 12 Hours Through Forest Fires To The Other Side Of The Province To Pick Up Phoenix From A Wonderful Animal Rescue Group (KAAP). Love Him!
I love it when people go directly to the shelters to rescue their new best friends
I Can't Tell If My Daughter Likes Her Early Christmas Present. Can You?
Rescued And Driven From Mexico To BC And Flown To Toronto - Meeting His New Bestie For The First Time
Bringing Home Our Bella! Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
I love how huge Danes are when we first bring them home. Mine was 28lbs at 8 weeks, lol
The Day We Met. He's Not My Dog, He's My Son
Happy
After Flying For 8 Hours I Got Into My Mom's Car To Find My Christmas Present
Reminds me of a dear little pupper we rescued.... He was so cute and affectionate, that the person who ran the shelter, adopted him instantly! But he ran away from the shelter when all the dogs were taken on a field trip.... they looked everywhere for the fellow... put up posters.... but there was no sign of him.... The only consolation is that, he was much much older when he decided to run off... so at the very least, he had loving care in his growing up days... I miss him to this day.... i hope he's happy and that god's watching over him.... :(
I Gave My Son His Birthday Present A Little Early This Year
My Dad Melted When He Met His New Puppy At The Shelter A Few Weeks Ago. Here's Him And Oliver - Needless To Say, They Went Home Together
So I Adopted A Puppy. Meet Nugget. He's Labrador Retriever And... Something Else, No One Knows
She Sat At The Humane Society For Almost A Month Until Yesterday. Meet Roxy
Brought My New Friend Home Today! Say Hello To Diego
Are You My New Dad?
My Wife Bringing Our New Pupper Home
Bringing Emma Home From The Shelter. My Husband Couldn't Let Her Go
This Is My First Meeting With Cj When He Was Only 3 Weeks Old
Love At First Lick!
This Was The Most Heart Warming Moment Ever. My Daughter Meeting Her New Puppy
Little Rescue Girl The Day We Got Her. She Still Loves To Lay On Her Back And Get Belly Rubs
Couldn't Pick Which One So Got Both Brothers
I Could Not Walk Away From This One
Rescued This Baby At A Local Shelter. He Ran To Me The Moment I Saw Him. First
My Kids Welcoming Our Adopted Rescue, Juno, To Our Home
So My Sister Got My 2 Year Old Nephew A Puppy For His Birthday. Needless To Say, It Was Puppy Love At First Sight
On The Car Ride Home
Love At First Sight
The Moment I Met My Sweet Girl
My Wife Meeting Our New Lab Indy For The First Time
Adopted This Little Boy From A Shelter. He's Been My Best Friend Since Then
Is the "little boy" actually bigger than you or is it just camera angle? :)
This Is Lilly, I Had Watched Her Over Videos And Pictures Ever Since The Day She Was Born. I Was So Anxious To Meet Her, That I Drove More Than 100km Just To Hold Her A Little Bit Before Actually Bringing Her Home. Ever Since I Got Her (One Week After That Picture) Until Now, She Still Is The Soul Of The House
Moo - Adopted From A Shelter (8-Year-Old). My First Dog
Holding My Greatest Gift For The First Time
Pippa Waited For A Family For 103 Days. So Glad We Made Her Part Of Ours
Today My Son Met His Best Friend
Our 3-Legged Doggie On The Day We Took Her Home And Today, 8 Years Later
Millie Had Been In A Puppy Mill Until 6 Days Before This And Had Just Had All Of Her Filthy, Matted Fur Shaved Off. She Was So Scared Of People And Being Touched That She Was Shaking Uncontrollably. Now She Loves Being Held And Prefers People To Other Dogs
Corgi-Husky Adopted In 2010
My Mother Surprised Me With A Siberia Husky For My 27th Birthday On 9/27/17
The Little Runt. It Was The First Time She Ever Let Anyone Pick Her Up. We Are Best Friends To This Day
Duncan's Way To His New, Warm Home. No More Sleeps In The Snow
November 14 My Dad Bought Us The Best Early Christmas Present Ever. We Have Loved Every Day With Our Crazy Puggo
My Boy Meeting His New Pup For The First Time
We Just Told Him We're Adopting Him
Before Leaving The Humane Society. He Still Loves To Be Held Like A Baby
Chance Went Straight To My Husband's Lap. Love At First Sight
Gretel - Adopted From A Spanish "Perrera" (Killing Station)
Mara The Greatest, Cutest, Bestest Dog Choosing Me
Meeting Moose For The First Time - And Mom Too! If Kisses Count, We Think She Approved. After A Few More Weeks, We Got To Take This Little Ham Home
Went Outside To See What My Dogs Were Barking At Last Night, Guess I Got A New Puppy
Blackjack On The Way To Forever Home From The Shelter
I Had My New Daddy Hold Me Close On My First Car Ride Home - It Wasn't Too Bad
First Bonding Time, A Tired First Day For Us Both In St. Andrews. Alfie
Teo At Home For The First Time
Angel And Me At The Shelter On Our First Meeting. Love At First Sight!
The Day We Adopted Our Sweet Penelope
The Exact Moment I Knew She Was The One I Wanted To Take Home From The Shelter
Freya, Say Hello To Our New Puppy - Vee, Pharaoh Hound
We Rescued Iris From Texas And Gave Her A Forever Home In Oregon. This Is 2 Minutes After Getting Her Out Of The Van. She Was So Scared, But Warmed Right Up To Us!
Our Wefie For The First Time
My Fur Baby's Ride To Her New Home! Our First Picture Together
My Dad And The Pup Teddy On The Day We Brought Him Home
On The Way Home From The Shelter
First Day With My New Roommate, Zeus. Best Day Ever!
My Lucy! We Found Each Other 3 Years Ago And She Is My Best Friend!
Found This Little Guy In A Hole Underground Near My Fence While I Was Building My House. We Are Inseparable Since
Billy On His Way Home. I Told Him “I Will Love You Forever And Never Dress You Human Clothes”
Me And Fen. The Day That I've Found Him And How Is Become Now
The First Day We Met Our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Athena. She Creeped Into Our Hearts!
Wanted A Dog Since I Was 10, Had To Wait 21 Years Before I Actually Adopted One. This Is Sirius, 14 Days Old, Labrador Cross Breed, Born On September 4, 2017. Gonna Take Her To Her Furever Home By The End Of November, But I Couldn't Wait To Meet Her. She Fell Asleep As Soon She Got Into My Arms, Hope It's A Good Sign. Can't Wait To Take Her Home
The Day I Met Beauregard
Instantly Loved Her New Daddy
I'm Not Sure Who Is Happier About Adopting
The First Day I Brought My Dog Home From The SPCA. We Were In Love The Moment We Met
First Day Together: May 4th 2016
Meeting pierre For The First Time! We Just Celebrated Our 3rd Manniversary
Baby Idun, 14 Months Ago
Waited 5 Years To Be Able To Get A Dog. Best Day Ever Bringing Huckleberry Home!
Not Too Long After My Boyfriend Surprised Me On My Birthday With This Little Goofball. I Cried Because He Immediately Stole My Heart
Billy, 9 Years, Ready To Go To His New Home
The First Time We Ever Met
My Pup Cabela And I On Her Freedom Ride
She Was 7 Months Old, And We Were Her 4th Home. Those Other Folks Were Crazy, Miss Max Is Perfect!
Holding My 3 Month Old Baby The Minute We Brought Her Home For The First Time
When We Adopted Arya
New Daddy
My Husband Meeting Our Retired Racer For The First Time
Meet My New Puppy Little Bit
I Met Bugas Almost 9 Years Ago On My Birthday! He Is And Will Always Be The Best Gift I Could Have Ever Wished For
As A Stray, She Went Shopping For People At The Grocery Store. After Being Chased By The Staff, She Chose To Purchase Us. The Rest Is History
aren't tiny Chihuahuas just the best? Lost my 17 year old best friend recently
Oskar's First Night At Home, He Still Loves To Sleep On My Husband's Head
Roo Roo Was A Great Dog. Had A Rough Life On The Streets Of Philly. First Night Home, He Slept Under The Covers With Us. Miss Him!
Meeting Love For The First Time
that guy in the back his face says "They don't know it yet but the dog sleeps by me"
We Brought Home A Rescue Puppy
Ran Straight To Me! Been Best Friends Since!
Husband Falling In Love With Binky On Her First Day With Us Exactly One Year Ago
Bringing Him Home For The First Time. I Think She's In Love
Found On The Streets Of TJ While In A Day Trip To Mexico
Richard Parker, The Day He Chose Me At The Shelter
Lol- I hope you sign him up for doggo catalogues- I can just see his mail :) Mr. Richard Parker!
The Face She Gave Me When She Heard Her Name For The First Time
Soon After We Brought Scout Home From The Shelter. He's Such A Good Boy
The Day We Adopted And Brought Home Mr. Biggs (3-Year-Old). Can't Imagine Life Without Him
Mimi Joining The Pack, Sister From Another Mother For Mara
Chosen! Dogger Meets Daughter
She Begged Me To Take Her Home. So I Did
The Day I Met Jon John At The Shelter. 3+ Years Now
Charlie Riding On My Shoulder When I Brought Him Home 3 Months Ago
Everybody Meet The Newest Member Of Our Family, Hoss
Buster The Day We Brought Him Home. He's Now 6 And He And My Son Are Still Inseparable
We Got Cookie A Little After School Ended. She Is A Pain In The Butt Sometimes, But We Love Her All The Same
Husband Meeting Puppy Eddie For The First Time
Adopted This Big Boy
Her Name Is Pinecone. I Love Her Since The First Day We Met. 6 Years Ago
My Txmn Rescue Chiweenie Shortly After Foster Mom Left. Welcome To Snow Orin!
On The Road... Home!
First Day Home With New Great Dane Puppy
Adopted This Guy For Christmas
My Wife Surprised Me With A Belated Christmas Gift
Meeting Golden Puppy For The First Time
The Ride Home With My New Pup
Met Shecky And My Heart Exploded
I Was Crying Out Of Joy When Nala Finally Arrived From Hungary. That Was In 2015 And So Far She's Enjoying Her Furever Home
Right After Being Rescued, Little Did She Know Of The Love She'd Get
They deserve all the love they get, because they give unconditionally, love wholly and ask very little in return.
First Time Meeting Him At The Rescue Shelter, He Knew I Was His And Didn't Like A Cat Competing For The Attention
Bringing Kato Home From The Shelter, Almost Exactly 2 Years Ago
Corgi At First Sight. Our First Meeting With Our New Family Member
This Is Rollie, The Singleton Golden Pup, Meeting His Mommy And Daddy For The First Time
This Is The Night I Brought Glynda The Good Pug Home For My Son. The Dog I Swore I Did Not Want
This Was The Very First Picture I Took After Bringing Him Home
That’s Macie - She’s A Morkie
Me And My Little Zhulik
I Adopted My First Dog! Say Hi To Casper
First Day Coming Home! She Was Learning What She Was Getting In To Being In My Life
John Snow! A Bastard That Became The King Of Everything Almost Two Years Ago
I can relate. When I die I want to come back as our dog, she lives a royal life(because she deserves it).
We Took 3 Weeks To Name This Lil Guy. Everyone, Meet Turbo! He Was 3 Month And 3 LBS Of Fluff. Don't Let This Innocent Face Fool You. Smartest Little Gremlin
Olive And Me
Taking Her Home For The First Time, She Looked At Me Like This The Entire Ride
Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Meeting Her Human For The First Time
Bringing Benson Home 3 Yrs Ago
She Was The Only One Out Of The Three That Came Right Up To Me! I Love Her!
There is always a reason they do that.....they choose you, not you choose them.
Adopted In 2016
Thanks for making yourself smaller. Ya, I think maybe you could be my new mom.
Our 8 Week Old Rescue Fell Asleep On The Ride Home With His Paw In His New Daddy's Hand
Me And My Mom Right After My New Family Picked Me Up
sir_diesel_of_jefferson Report
When Harry Met Katie. Ride Home From The Pound
Ladybird
He Got Comfortable The Minute He Walked In
Joey. From The Dominican Republic. He Is Now Seven Years Old And We Love Him So Much!
We Adopted Jelly Belly From A Local Shelter. We Are All Totally Besotted With Our Little Princess
This Is How My Boo Bear Spent The First Night (And Many Nights Since) Sleeping
I Love U Already!
First Day With Our New Borzoi Pup. It Was Love At First Sight! Melichar And Hektor Are Just The Best Dogs I Could Wish For
This Is Frau With A Little Over 2 Months, On Her Way To Home
High AF From Being Spayed. This Is Moments After We Met And I Didn't Know What To Expect. She Jumped Into My Arms To Snuggle. I Was Set Up As Her Foster Home, But Knew Right Then And There I Was Adopting Her
Here's My Guy Jesse At Our Meet And Greet. He Came Home The Next Day
First Time We Entered Our Apartment Together. It Was The Coldest Day, We Had The Warmest Hearts
Me And My Shadow, She Was 5 Then, 13 Now
After My Kidney Transplant, I Met This Sweet Girl. She Is My Heart!
Teaching Pup To Crate Train
Not keen on crates for dogs
Party Of 5. Dory (Pit Mix) Joining Our Family
My Baby, Frodo Waggins
Blueberry And Me
Ah Blueberry, looks like you have a dad that will love you also unconditionally
First Time I Met My Beautiful Boxer Girl Juniper, I Cried When I Could Finally Take Her Home
First Time I Met This Little One Was On Christmas Day 2016! Never Knew Little Miss Lucy Would Be This Important To Me. She Loves Me Unconditionally, She Is Hands Down The Love Of My Life
Didn't Realize She Would Try To Drive Herself To Her Furr-Ever Home!
Day I Picked Up Pikliz. New Pup For My Mom Who Was Going Through Her Divorce
Love
Exhausted After His First Afternoon At His New Furever Home
Bringing Our Pomeranian Home
I Miss My Old Boy
I miss my boy too. We will meet them again one day. They are never truly gone.
Meet The New Member Of Our Family. This Is Winnie
First Picture Of This Silly Doggo
The Very First Moment At The Airport, Picking Up This Little Stud, Who Stole My Heart
Bringing Home My Little Boy 12 Years Ago. We've Both Grown Up A Lot!
Love At First Sight. Say Hello To Zeus!
Agnes Settles Right In
First Day With My Cousin's Pupper Who I Named Spotty! She's The Best
The Day I Locked Eyes With Mom And Knew She Was The One
Buka On Her Way Home Two Years Ago
The First Night With My Annie Girl In 2014, This Is Still Her Favorite Place To Sit
I Didn't Take Him Long To Realize How Comfortable His Big Brother's Head Was
Only 3 Days Old I Met My Page. She's Now 15
My 5 Pound Pitbull Puppy. From When We First Got Her Home. See Her Now 50 Pounds And Beautiful
Too Bad The Wet Spot Charlie Left On His Arm Doesn't Show
Rosie Has A New Human.
We High-Fived Straig Away. This Was 12 Years Ago
My 1-Month-Old Baby Boy, First Day At Home. Now He Is A Little Bigger
Lil'liesl Schnitzel The Day She Decided To Inhabit Our Hearts
My Son Meeting Max For The First Time, Sadly Max Passed On 9 Days Later
That Was My Girlfriend's Smile When I Surprised Her With A New Puppy
I Met Some Of My Babies At Birth, Since I Was The Midwife!
Sunshine Love At First Sight Of A Little Brown
Eight Week Old Boba's First Night At Home. She Is Now Nine Months And My Best Friend
Ralph The Boston Terrier On His Way To His New Forever Home
Meeting My Little Odin. He Has Been My Sunshine Ever Since
Dark, 10 Days Old, 9 And A Half Years Ago, The Day We Chose Each Other
My Golden Doodle Pup He Has Massive Paws
Oh he most certainly does, but those are for giving hugs and running circles around you:)
Harvey T. Was A Three Week Old Little Bean When She Chose Us
So many of these puppies are so young. Hope they weren't actually taken from the mom till 8 weeks.
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Šarūnė is a List Curator here at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. Before BP, she traveled quite a bit and now could tell you some interesting stories about Alaskan black bears or how to survive +35°C while hiking in the Portuguese mountains. Later, she worked as a freelance copywriter for a travel agency until one day, she just became a bored panda. Now, Šarūnė can easily create a list of "30 Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats".
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Šarūnė is a List Curator here at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. Before BP, she traveled quite a bit and now could tell you some interesting stories about Alaskan black bears or how to survive +35°C while hiking in the Portuguese mountains. Later, she worked as a freelance copywriter for a travel agency until one day, she just became a bored panda. Now, Šarūnė can easily create a list of "30 Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats".
I don't think I've ever wantd to upvote every single picture on a bored panda publication this much before, but here I am, literally upvoting everything. This warms my heart.
That post made me cry. And I'm still crying while writing... I never got the chance to choose my dog, I have two but THEY chose me and I just couldn't say no. I wonder how it feels to decide " I want this dog" but I can't imagine... If I'd listen to me, I'd just keep every dog I see lol (¯―¯٥)
I don't think I've ever wantd to upvote every single picture on a bored panda publication this much before, but here I am, literally upvoting everything. This warms my heart.
That post made me cry. And I'm still crying while writing... I never got the chance to choose my dog, I have two but THEY chose me and I just couldn't say no. I wonder how it feels to decide " I want this dog" but I can't imagine... If I'd listen to me, I'd just keep every dog I see lol (¯―¯٥)