Dog Who Insists on Holding Dad's Hand on Car Rides Is Melting Hearts
A gorgeous Cirneco dell'Etna dog named Gatsby is stealing everyone's heart with a video that has over 6.7 million views of Gatsby grabbing onto his dad's hand with his paw while driving in the car.
The TikTok account for @Itsgatsbytime shared the precious video and it's just too sweet.
How touching is this? It's always so sweet when our baby dogs do something that lets us know how much they love us. We love how when dad has to move his hand Gatsby is right there with his paw ready to hold hands again. It's clear this dog truly is a daddy's boy! TikTok viewers are loving this entire scenario with over 14 thousand comments and @Mia says, "Unconditional love. Nothing like it. So soothing to the soul." @Jasmine adds, "I love it!" @Vsuie replies, "Oh my heart!" @Tabby comments, "This has to be the sweetest thing I have ever seen. We really don't deserve dogs."
A lot of us firmly believe that our dogs love us, and science backs us up. Japanese researchers found higher levels of oxytocin—the so-called "love hormone"—in dogs and their owners after they spent time looking into each other's eyes. The findings suggest we have a bond with our dogs the same way mothers and infants have.
There are six telltale signs your dog truly loves you, and they are they hold eye contact, they lick you, they lean on you, they trust you enough to sleep facing away from you, they're always happy to see you and they lay on your clothes.
We are pretty sure we can add "they grab your hand with their paw when you are driving in the car" to this list!
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