Wasn’t sure my puppy loved me until tonight

Title is a bit dramatic, but my 5 month old puppy is very very sweet. He’s so sweet I have been very gracious about his (so so many) accidents in the house.

He also just absolutely loves attention and meeting new people. Even when we adopted him, he took to us very quickly - like the whole 3 day/3week/3month rule doesn’t seem super applicable.

Since adopting him I’ve questioned if he truly loves us more than the average Joe on the street for whom he’ll easily give his best puppy eyes and extra swishy tail wags. He treats literally everyone like that.

Tonight was a very emotional night for me for personal reasons totally unrelated to the dog. I was in the thick of a total breakdown and he came up to me, cuddled, and licked my tears away. He’s always been affectionate but he was so laser focused and completely abandoned his normal ADHD tendencies. He was holding eye contact with me and kept touching his snout to my face with zero risk of biting. When he rested his head on me or changed positions to curl in tight I felt like he knew I needed this. I didn’t hold on to him but he stayed with me for way longer than our usual cuddle sessions.

To wrap it up, I feel very lucky to have a dog who loves me this much.

And for what it’s worth, if anyone thinks I’m too braggy about my pup and/or are struggling too much with puppy blues to be happy for me…. Just know he took a shit in the dining room 20 minutes later.