30 Pawsitively Heartwarming Pupper Pics of People Holding Their Precious Puppies For the Very First Time

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
May 27, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

We remember our 'gotcha day' like it was yesterday, even though in reality it was over a year ago! We went to an adoption day to hopefully find a puppy to bring home with us, and luckily, we found our perfect princess. From the moment we held her, we knew that she was the one we wanted to bring home. Those first magical moments of bonding are some moments we will never forget, filled with wholesome puppy pawsitivity and feelings that warm our hooman hearts!

We found an outrageously cute collection of pupper pics of people holding their puppies for the first time, and oh boy, are they full of fuzzy feelings and pure joy! Yes, the puppy stage can be a lot to handle - the biting, the potty training, and the destruction of furniture, but if we could, we would go back to those moments in a heartbeat. Scroll down to see all of these new dog pawrents holding their precious puppies, you won't regret it!

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    I wanna see pics of the first time you met your pup...
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    Cheezburger Image 9927148032
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    If we got to hold five golden retriever puppies, we wouldn't forget that either! That looks like heaven in a picture, and we have literally had dreams about this happening to us. They look so snuggly and fluffy!

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    Jane_ReMiFaSoLaTiDo OP. 2 days ago
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    My Best friends dog had pups, and then told me to come over and pick whatever one i wanted... I don't think ive ever experienced that type of pure happiness, first all the boy pups, then the girls... one of them wiggled her way up into my neck and fell asleep and in that moment i knew she was my soulmate♥.
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    blklze 2 days ago • Baby Annie
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    Those precious puppy dog eyes, that first car ride - they are all special moments that we will cherish forever. We wrapped up our puppy in a blanket to calm her down and rocked her to make her feel more relaxed. It was simply awwdorable!

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    13curseyoukhan 2 days ago Willie (asking questions) and Waylon (feeling put upon) three minutes after meeting us.
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    No-Independence-6842. 2 days ago
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    singular-silence8597 1 day ago Molly, 6 weeks.
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    . amandygirl 1 day ago My Truman.
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    Manofmanyhats19 · 1 day ago
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    Sad-Time-5253 · 1 day ago March 16, 2018. And after all this time, that's still her favorite spot.
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    bot One 1 day ago Best bud ever, hard stop. Just turned 11 and is slowing down a bit but still rocking it!
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    QueenOfSweetTreats 1 day ago
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    blklze 2 days ago • Baby Squid
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    • jeffjdg 1 day ago
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    FZ-09Fazer 2 days ago It was a long drive home and he needed to pee so I let him out and he never left my side 66
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    bluurks 2 days ago • Bonnie JRT ... so sad!
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    Alarming_Breath_3110. 2 days ago Squeaks and Django
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    chunkychowder32 1 day ago The day I picked him up
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    . lovelightsol 1 day ago
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    ORD-to-PHX · 1 day ago • Stard Patric
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    • gneiss_chick 1 day ago edited 1 day ago 13
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    This is the photo I saw on Facebook where Alex was being given away. It was love at first sight! Someone had already claimed him but 2 weeks later, she called me and said they never picked him up and the rest is history.
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    SweetCream2005 1 day ago My little Nacho
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    MajorCatEnthusiast 1 day ago • These are my babies!
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    vikingcrafte 1 day ago :) he was so scruffy! The day we brought him home
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    Dlido 1 day ago •
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    ahamay65 1 day ago LE 15lbs when I got her. 87 now lol
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    Alklazaris 1 day ago I don't have the exact picture of when Eliot tried to eat my face but this was a few minutes after. I waited to buy a few doggo things till I got him.
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    Firm-Conference-3896 · 1 day ago April 22, 2015, at the shelter.
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    Hetjr 1 day ago 1st time kid met her puppy.
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    Wheelie 1978 - 1 day ago My sweet boy *** O
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    aussb2020 1 day ago • He was about a week old here
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