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25 Dads Who Fell In Love With The Dogs They Didn’t Want

Is there anything purer than the love between a dog and a dad who didn’t want that dog initially? The love that slowly develops in the dad for the dog over time is amazing to watch. Head on down to see 25 heart-warming photos of dads totally in love with the dogs they never wanted in the first place!

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  • 1. A private moment between a pupper and his dad who didn’t want the pupper in the first place.
  • 2. He didn’t want another dog but two years later, they are besties!
  • 3. Dad soon found out that dogs make the best sleeping buddies.
  • 4. Dad said he didn’t want a dog in his house. Narrator: It turns out he wanted them in his heart.
  • 5. This dad never really liked pets but now he’s obsessed with this pupper.
  • 6. Dad probably didn’t want the dogs earlier because he thought the dogs would favour someone else. Now that he knows he’s the favourite, it’s all cool.
  • 7. This right here is true love.
  • 8. The doggo is not so little anymore but she’ll always be his little girl.
  • 9. Dad: “La la la la… Uh, I mean, what is this dog doing here?”
  • 10. Yep, this tracks, definitely not a dog or cat person (hahaha, as if!).
  • 11. “I sit with dad here, I sit with dad there, and there, and there. And everywhere.”
  • 12. Dad now cuddles the pooch when there’s a thunderstorm.
  • 13. He insisted on not getting a dog for over a year. After 2 days of this puppy in their house, he begged to let the pupperino sleep in bed with them.
  • 14. He didn’t want to allow the dogs on the bed but now he wants to buy a king-size bed so the dogs have space to sleep in bed with them.
  • 15. He didn’t want a dog alright… He needed it.
  • 16. He initially threatened to kick the dog out but just 2 short months later, they are inseparable.
  • 17. “He’s not a pet, he’s part of the family – so it doesn’t count”. Covered under the General Exception to Dads Rules #27 involving animals once they have names you know.
  • 18. Happy dad cuddles with the floof.
  • 19. 3 months ago, he said he didn’t want a dog. Now, they wear matching outfits and he cuddles the sleeping doggy!
  • 20. Dad: “You’re on the floor, I’m on the floor with ya.”
  • 21. This dog is definitely saying, “Now your dad is mine!”
  • 22. Dad, then: “If you get another dog I am moving out of this house.” Dad, now: “I’m moving… to the floor with the doggo.”
  • 23. This dad didn’t want a dog but now he’s running around taking photos of the dog. I guess this proves that resistance to doggos is futile!
  • 24. He’s matching his suspenders to the dog’s collar when he didn’t even want the dog earlier.
  • 25. The woman in the back is definitely thinking, “Ha! I knew it!”

1. A private moment between a pupper and his dad who didn’t want the pupper in the first place.

black and white dog being carried like a baby and being kissed by a man

Via u/Relevant_Strike_9785

2. He didn’t want another dog but two years later, they are besties!

black and white dog being hugged by a smiling manblack and white dog being hugged by a smiling man

Via u/cametobemean

3. Dad soon found out that dogs make the best sleeping buddies.

brown and white pitbull and old man sleeping on beds and tucked under blanketsbrown and white pitbull and old man sleeping on beds and tucked under blankets

Via u/sodomizedftw

4. Dad said he didn’t want a dog in his house. Narrator: It turns out he wanted them in his heart.

brown white and black puppy sitting on a man's lap and he's hugging and petting the puppybrown white and black puppy sitting on a man's lap and he's hugging and petting the puppy

Via u/kenkeneko

5. This dad never really liked pets but now he’s obsessed with this pupper.

small fluffy white dog in a white pizza onesie laying on a grey sofa and being petted by an old mansmall fluffy white dog in a white pizza onesie laying on a grey sofa and being petted by an old man

Via u/sackaroooooo

6. Dad probably didn’t want the dogs earlier because he thought the dogs would favour someone else. Now that he knows he’s the favourite, it’s all cool.

2 brown dog laying across a man's lap while he's sitting back on a chair2 brown dog laying across a man's lap while he's sitting back on a chair

Via Reddit

7. This right here is true love.

2 photos of a black and white husky sleeping on a bed with a man looking at it lovingly and cuddling with it2 photos of a black and white husky sleeping on a bed with a man looking at it lovingly and cuddling with it

Via @lizbeeetthh

8. The doggo is not so little anymore but she’ll always be his little girl.

black and white dog laying on an old man and being hugged by himblack and white dog laying on an old man and being hugged by him

Via u/Ragnar_The-Red90

9. Dad: “La la la la… Uh, I mean, what is this dog doing here?”

black brown and white dog sitting up and having an old man holding the front legsblack brown and white dog sitting up and having an old man holding the front legs

Via u/petaltothemetal36

10. Yep, this tracks, definitely not a dog or cat person (hahaha, as if!).

black dog on a brown sofa being held by a man with a small black brown and white dog sitting on his lap and a black and brown marbled cat on his other sideblack dog on a brown sofa being held by a man with a small black brown and white dog sitting on his lap and a black and brown marbled cat on his other side

Via u/snowdropx

11. “I sit with dad here, I sit with dad there, and there, and there. And everywhere.”

4 photos of a brown curly-haired dog through the years with an old man4 photos of a brown curly-haired dog through the years with an old man

Via u/alxmrphy

12. Dad now cuddles the pooch when there’s a thunderstorm.

brown and white shiba inu being cuddled by a smiling old man on a black sofabrown and white shiba inu being cuddled by a smiling old man on a black sofa

Via u/If_It_Fitz

13. He insisted on not getting a dog for over a year. After 2 days of this puppy in their house, he begged to let the pupperino sleep in bed with them.

brown and white sleeping puppy laying next to a sleeping man with a grey and white blanket between thembrown and white sleeping puppy laying next to a sleeping man with a grey and white blanket between them

Via u/HippoZeZippo

14. He didn’t want to allow the dogs on the bed but now he wants to buy a king-size bed so the dogs have space to sleep in bed with them.

brown dog laying belly up on a bed next to an old man who has an arm around the dog with the back end of a white dog visible at the edgebrown dog laying belly up on a bed next to an old man who has an arm around the dog with the back end of a white dog visible at the edge

Via u/forspanish_press2

15. He didn’t want a dog alright… He needed it.

brown puppy sleeping on a sleeping man's neck with the puppy's legs on the man's facebrown puppy sleeping on a sleeping man's neck with the puppy's legs on the man's face

Via u/salpalxx

16. He initially threatened to kick the dog out but just 2 short months later, they are inseparable.

brown and white shiba inu sitting up and being hugged by an old man sitting on a black sofabrown and white shiba inu sitting up and being hugged by an old man sitting on a black sofa

Via u/If_It_Fitz

17. “He’s not a pet, he’s part of the family – so it doesn’t count”. Covered under the General Exception to Dads Rules #27 involving animals once they have names you know.

fluffy black white and brown dog sitting on a wooden table being brushed by an old manfluffy black white and brown dog sitting on a wooden table being brushed by an old man

Via u/L00katTheAww

18. Happy dad cuddles with the floof.

fluffy white samoyed laying on a smiling man laying on a brown sofafluffy white samoyed laying on a smiling man laying on a brown sofa

Via u/jellylien

19. 3 months ago, he said he didn’t want a dog. Now, they wear matching outfits and he cuddles the sleeping doggy!

grey and white pitbull sleeping in a man's arms and both are wearing matching purple and yellow shirtsgrey and white pitbull sleeping in a man's arms and both are wearing matching purple and yellow shirts

Via u/madub4

20. Dad: “You’re on the floor, I’m on the floor with ya.”

large black and brown dog laying on the floor being cuddled from behind by a sleeping old manlarge black and brown dog laying on the floor being cuddled from behind by a sleeping old man

Via u/KoroHoro

21. This dog is definitely saying, “Now your dad is mine!”

small black white and brown dog sitting on a man's lap and looking back to nuzzle the mansmall black white and brown dog sitting on a man's lap and looking back to nuzzle the man

Via u/CrivensAndShips

22. Dad, then: “If you get another dog I am moving out of this house.” Dad, now: “I’m moving… to the floor with the doggo.”

older golden retriever puppy laying on the floor with an old man laying behind the puppy and cuddling itolder golden retriever puppy laying on the floor with an old man laying behind the puppy and cuddling it

Via u/peppy10

23. This dad didn’t want a dog but now he’s running around taking photos of the dog. I guess this proves that resistance to doggos is futile!

small fluffy white puppy laying on one corner of a black sofa with a man at the other end trying to take a photo of the puppysmall fluffy white puppy laying on one corner of a black sofa with a man at the other end trying to take a photo of the puppy

Via @dmbcnvs

24. He’s matching his suspenders to the dog’s collar when he didn’t even want the dog earlier.

small brown and white dog sitting on a smiling old man's lapsmall brown and white dog sitting on a smiling old man's lap

Via u/NotYetAutomated

25. The woman in the back is definitely thinking, “Ha! I knew it!”

small fluffy brown dog being held like a baby by a seated old man

small fluffy brown dog being held like a baby by a seated old man Via u/becauseimsandy