Have A Tissue Ready -Due to COVID this good girl hadn't seen her hooman in months...

[kpete]

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[soothsayer]

1. Awwwwww

Sniff sniff

[olegramps]

35. Let us pray that they are both on the road to a full recovery and happy times ahead.

I am so thankful that Biden was elected and that we can look forward to sanity and responsible govenment. It will be a challenge given that he will be facing the full force of the Republican Fascist Party of America. At long last more news commentators are finally calling them what they are: Fascists bastards. I have lost any respect for any Trump supporter and consider them traitors.

[mahina]

36. All day.

It’s just imaginable but here we are.

[mcar]

2. Something in my eye

[Butterflylady]

3. You are right

Worthy of tissues.

[Rorey]

4. Ohhhh, when she crawled up in his lap

That's when I lost it even worse.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Wow, I had a Golden that looked exactly like this...

He passed at 16, but he gave us so much joy....

[tblue37]

6. Awwww. K&R. nt

[OregonBlue]

7. I don't cry easily but this brought a full on bawl.

[Fla Dem]

8. That's beautiful. The unconditional love of a animal.

[ellie]

9. Puppy loves his dad

[smirkymonkey]

10. Awww! How beautiful!

I'm biased, but there is nothing like the love of a dog to me.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Best medicine in the world.

Thanks for posting, KPete.

Turned my cold, dreary day into emotional warmth and joy........ ........

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. She seems to know him.

That was SO sweet! I would never get a reception like that from our dog. Cairns just aren't built that way. THAT is one loving dog!

[mollie8]

16. Receptions..

I thought cairns and Scottish terriers were closely related but our Scottish terrier would be all over me. She's usually sedate but can be so loving. Our Mollie would be acting just like that dog.

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. You would think that, but Ozzie (think Toto) just isn't that way.

Most of the time, if you call him he'll look back over his shoulder for sec and then it's "I don't think so," and he continues walking. Unless he thinks there's something in it for him, even crumbs, then he's all over it.

He'll jump up on my lap and cuddle, happy as a clam to be petted and lightly scratched...for 2 or 3 minutes, then it's back down and wandering around. He'll do that once a week, or less...usually less.

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. OH...and a badly belated welcome!

I'm sure you'll be happy here.

[mollie8]

24. Thanks

I've actually been lurking around here since George W Bush was president. I'm pretty quiet, but where dogs are concerned I can't keep my mouth shut. We had a Westie before Mollie. I think the Westies were bred from the cairns that turned out white. The Westie was wonderful too in a different way. He'd sit with you, usually beside you, for a minute or two and then he was down cavorting or just moving to the corner. He was white and a total ham. When we'd take him with us, people in the other cars would be pointing at him and smiling. We still miss him.

[Violet_Crumble]

33. My Westie's the same...

I think it's a Westie thing. Mine comes to me for tummy rubs, food and sitting on my lap for a few minutes while I scratch her ears, then she moves to the other end of the sofa and watches telly with me. They like affection, but on their terms. I used to think she wouldn't care if I vanished and didn't come back, but she was in doggy hospital at the start of lockdown last year for two weeks and I wasn't allowed to visit. She went crazy with joy when I turned up to get her, and now she'll try to follow me if I give someone else her lead when we're out walking and start to walk away..

Here's a pic I took of my Bridget just before she tried to chew my shoes to pieces. She is every bit as Evil as she is cute...

[mollie8]

38. She is adorable!

I think almost all Westies look alike. Yours looks just like ours did. Where did you get her? How could you not fall in love with that face. Does your dog have allergies? Ours had them pretty bad; I think his meds ruined his liver. He was only nine when he passed. That's mostly the reason we went with a Scottish terrier afterwards, plus the owner of the kennel said the Scotties were better dogs. I guess it's just a matter of what you like. They are very different dogs, but both totally lovable.

Your description and pic brought back memories. Thanks for posting.

[Violet_Crumble]

41. Thanks. I nearly got a Scottie...

I would have been happy with a Westie, Cairn or Scottie and I only went with a Westie because a breeder living nearby had a litter when I was looking. Bridget doesn't have allergies, but she's got the world's most sensitive tummy and after nearly losing her last year to a gastric bug, she's now on prescription food. I'm too scared to give her anything else because last time I gave her some of my food she started to get sick again....

[mollie8]

43. Dogs

Our Westie was super healthy until he was about 1 1/2 years. Then he got diarrhea which was a problem from then on. Then he started losing hair. A vet finally prescribed a medication that took care of that but probably was what ruined his liver. All the problems made us afraid to get another Westie, but we still would love to have one if we thought he would be healthy. Westies are wonderful.

Mollie is wonderful too, in a different way--much different personality but much more loving. She wants to be near us all the time. Will crawl in our lap and stay as long as we'll sit with her. She's hardly any trouble. Has been healthy except for an episode of constipation and that may have been caused by table treats (mistake, but the husband can't help himself). We are much more careful what we give her now though, and she's doing great at 8 years old. Since she's in the house we talk to her a lot and she seems to understand so much of what we're saying. It's uncanny sometimes.

[BobTheSubgenius]

40. She IS adorable!

One of those dogs that are impossibly cute. Must be a stuffy!

My Cairn does the head tilt thing, too. I call him Cairn of Steel because he has survived pancreatitis (was sloughing his intestinal lining which is even grosser-looking than it sounds), a bacterial infection through his intestinal tract, one gorging of Rolos and white chocolate, but they were too rich, so he threw them up, another chocolate incident, but it was dark chocolate, and he managed to get down almost half a pound of it, and keep it down until he was in a bad way. A VERY bad way. And when he was little, he got him by a car.

He is NOT afraid of cars, to the point that he barely acknowledges they exist. And he recovered from both the pancreatitis and the second chocolate incident in under 10 hours each.

[Violet_Crumble]

42. I love the name Cairn of Steel...

It suits him! Sounds like he might have nine lives. The vet thought mine had pancreatitis when she first got sick, but the test came back clear. Thankfully hasn't encountered chocolates or cars, though...

I know the connection between Westies and Cairns you were talking about in the post below this. I studied up on the breeds when I first decided to get a dog. They came about because the man who first started breeding the white Cairns mistakenly shot one of his Cairns when he was out hunting and mistook it for a fox. White dogs were easier to see and not shoot. Apart from the colour and a tiny bit of size difference, they're basically the same...

[BobTheSubgenius]

39. You're exactly right.

Westies were Cairns, at one time, and I guess were given their own designation...after proving that their differences (colour in the case) breed true? I don't know how that works, but at one time, that's what happened.

I'm sure the two breeds are very similar. The only Westie in my immediate orbit is very similar. Horus and Ozzie get along famously. 10 seconds of sniff, then ignore each other for the rest of their meeting.

[wnylib]

32. Sounds more like a cat.

[Bayard]

13. Her tail is going to fly off her butt!

Best medicine in the world, even if she licks his mask off. VERY good of these folks to make this happen.

[liberalla]

14. Just wonderful!

[WarGamer]

15. 100,000 years of sharing a campfire with us...

And they still adore us.

Dogs may be the last and brightest best things left in this world.

Ooops, my inner misanthropist emerged again.

[Delmette2.0]

17. I think you are right.

We are meant to be together.

[Liberty Belle]

18. My golden looks just like this. Best dogs ever! And this man is lucky to be alive;

Not many survive months of hospitalization with COVID.

[Vinca]

21. Okay, did anyone not tear up? How sweet!

[LAS14]

22. k & r!!!!

[samplegirl]

23. Living proof of why animals

are the best!

[BigmanPigman]

25. The last time I was in the hospital

I asked my Dad to bring my little dog and he did. We were both immediately happier. She was so glad to be with me that she curled up in a tiny ball behind me on the bed and went to sleep. They really are the best medicine. I miss both of them soooooooo much!

[Joinfortmill]

26. Love it

[Raine]

27. Aw gee ... sniff, sniff 😢 💕

such love! 😍♥️

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. Aw that's cute

She nearly licked the mask off his face.

[Stinky The Clown]

29. Like our Golden: Everybody loves a Golden, and a Golden loves everyone

That is beyond special!

[StarryNite]

30. In tears...

[Tracer]

31. I'm embarrased to say this...

but my dogs act like that even if I've just run up to the 7/11 to get a quart of milk.

[Karma13612]

34. That's nothing

To be embarrassed about.

You know true love! ❤️🐶🥰

[llmart]

37. Goldens are the best!

This is such a touching clip. I'm an avid dog lover and during some trying times in my life, it was my dog that comforted me. Hospitals were smart when they began using therapy dogs to cheer up patients. They can be an important part of recovery.