22 Wholesome Ways Our Cute Canines Show us they Love Us

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Apr 23, 2026 8:15 AM EDT

Dogs have a whole myriad of wonderful ways to show us that they love us. And in this collection of cute canines we get to see some of those sweet ways as captured by the pawrents of these puppers.

The love of a dog is about as pure a love as you can get in this world other than that of a baby. The main difference being that the purity of a pupper's love does not fade with time unlike the baby's. After all, there is no dog out there who is going to turn around to you in 15 years and say 'Dad I need the new iPhone or all my friends are going to laugh at me tomorrow and if they do I will never love you again'.

Their love will remain as pure, if not purer than the day you met them and so today we take a moment to celebrate that sweet and stationary love with this list of lovely moments when doggos showed their pawrents how much they love them. Now go forth and scroll through this sweet celebration. 
 

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  • 01
    Bri e du desti Oracle uses her paws a lot, to express her love as well. She loves making contact with her people.
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  • Much like their hooman pawrents our doggos have learned to show affection using their paws. Whether it is a traditional chest hug, or a grab of either our legs or arms with their paws the effect is the same. They hold on for dear life and love, showing you with all their limited squeezing ability how much they love you and how much you are appreciated by them. Honestly, it might be one of the more common ways of doggos expressing their love, but it is also one of the sweetest ways that we have come across. 
     

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    he smiles when i get home
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    She always needs to be near me
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    Loves the water but is scared of the pool. BUT insists on getting in the float to be near me when I'm in the pool even though his legs are shaking lol
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    Cuddles
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    Sir Walter gazes at me adoringly.
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    www My mom's dog does this. We call it his 'bite lick'. He doesnt bite, he just puts his mouth around your hand or arm and licks lol
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    She looks at us like this
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    She just stares at me.
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    Lottie truly is Velcro. (Ugh, the unfortunate landing spot of the tip of her tail
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  • Yeah, it does not get a lot more velcro than that. When your dog has managed to glue their face to yours and even lay their tail in such a way that it looks as though it has become your tail, you are well and truly velcroed to your dog. Though in this case it looks little more like being sandbagged or stranded under a weighted blanket. Has someone been round to check on this lady? She could still be stuck like this under her doggo while we have been sitting here cooing at how cute it is. 
     

  • 11
    The stare! No one lovingly gazed at me as much as my sweet Cheddar
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  • 12
    IT Dashi boy giving some love!
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  • 13
    Always has to be laying on someone and nothing will stop him
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  • 14
    Even when she's not on top of me she extends a paw to touch me
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    Theo wants your attention.
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    he squish you
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  • 18
    she waits outside the bathroom door for me.
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    PAY ATTENTION TO ME IM D usually the look I get from Ava NG is
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    She likes to snuggle up to me, and look at me like this
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    he would just like to be as close as possible
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    Hector shows his love by making me his pillow
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