The moment a dog refused to stop holding hands with a cable technician has melted hearts online.
Carly Savage, from Missouri, shared the moment Gunner, her 8-year-old golden retriever and Labrador mix, kept holding hands with the technician working at her grandmother’s house.
Rather than being annoyed or frustrated, the technician welcomed the affectionate gesture and continued to hold Gunner’s paw while he worked, as seen in a video that has gained more than 1 million views on TikTok. Gunner, seemingly overjoyed by the new friendship, grinned at the camera.
In the video’s caption, Savage wrote, “The way my dog just looks at me like ‘yeahhhh see, he wanted me over here mom.’”
“I was not surprised at all by Gunner doing this because he wants someone to be paying attention to him 24/7. And I wasn’t really surprised that the cable guy let him come over to him and held his paw like that because he was so genuine and down-to-earth,” Savage told Newsweek. “The cable guy definitely seemed like he was a dog lover and didn’t mind at all that Gunner kept wanting to go over to him. He was very kind.”
TikTok users couldn’t get enough of the scene and shared their reactions in the video’s comments section.
“That’s how you know that man is a good person,” one viewer wrote, while another added, “Dog’s face looks like he is saying ‘see, told you so.’”
A commenter said Gunner was just “lending a helping hand.”
Other users gushed over the cable technician’s adherence to the dog’s wishes.
“That man deserves a raise,” one wrote, while a fellow dog owner highlighted the differences between Gunner and her own pup, writing, “Meanwhile, my German Shepherd sniffs maintenance people like the d*** TSA.”
Savage was delighted that so many viewers enjoyed Gunner’s hand-holding moment.
“I shared this on TikTok because it’s such a happy memory for me and I just wanted it to make other people smile or have a good laugh about it. We all need a little positivity in our lives sometimes,” she said. “The reaction on TikTok blew me away. I shared it as kind of a funny thing at first, and then people just absolutely loved it, and it has made my heart so happy.”
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