Pretty much everyone has lived through moments where things don’t turn out how you’d planned or hoped. Well, it happens. Maybe you’ve had a tough day, a challenging week, or even a whole hard month. If that’s the case, you’re in great need of some uplifting pictures to see that it’s not all bad.
There’s nothing like a dose of cuteness to ease your daily troubles and help you get through the week. That’s why we at Bored Panda have combed the web and collected some of the most adorable and charming pictures of our beloved animals to brighten your day. Get ready to witness how our four-legged friends make our lives generally better by showing us love and kindness wherever we go.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the wave of positive emotions that comes with this list. Continue scrolling, upvote the ones that made you smile the widest, and share your thoughts about them in the comment section below!
Psst! If you’re in the mood for even more wholesome pics, be sure to check out our previous posts about furry canines right here and here.
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It's A Good Day
My Son Always Texts To Say He's On His Way Home. I Open The Door, Letting His 17-Year-Old Cat, And 16-Year-Old Dog Know That He's On His Way. This Is Them Waiting For Him
Thought it was adorable and wanted to share.
Somewhere In Heaven There's A Black And White Dog Taking Care Of Seven Golden Lab Puppies
Daisy the dog lost all seven of her puppies in a barn fire at the end of February, and wasn’t the same afterwards, spending most of her days going to the remains of the barn to look for them. Her owner posted a desperate appeal on Facebook, asking if anyone had puppies she could foster. The next day, an owner of eight orphaned puppies contacted her, and Daisy took to caring for them straight away
No wonder people love animals. There’s plenty of evidence suggesting our adorable critters give us comfort, reduce stress, encourage exercise, and help us forget our everyday troubles. Not to mention that sharing our lives with such great companions makes us feel far less lonely and works miracles for our mental wellbeing.
Today, there are very few things people share in common as much as the love of our four-legged friends. According to a poll by YouGov, 69 percent of American adults have at least one pet in their home, and it seems that dogs, cats, and fish are the most common choice of pets.
Moreover, these animals are extremely cherished by their owners. The vast majority, 88 percent to be exact, see them as members of their family. More than a half of the respondents allow them to sleep in their own beds, plan to buy them holiday presents, and 50 percent revealed letting their pets lick their faces.
I Rescued A Stray Cat In My Neighborhood. At Night His Brother Would Come To Visit Him. I Really Had No Other Options
I Haven’t Seen My Dog In A Few Days, This Was His Reaction For 5 Minutes Straight
I Think Someone Has A Crush On My Christmas Light Decoration
When it comes to the main reasons Americans decide to get a furry house friend in the first place, having company, providing a nice home, and hoping they would improve their mental health were some of the top ones. Plus, more than a third mentioned they got a pet because their partner or family member simply wanted one.
While we appreciate the joy animals bring into our lives, we catch ourselves wondering: how did we get the pets we have? Although pets have adjusted to us, our behaviors, and our emotions, it was not always like that.
This Mare Lost Her Foal And Then, Two Days Later, This Foal Lost Its Mother. Here They Are An Hour After Meeting
If only you people could see my face right now mjmemethubn.jpg
Stray Doggo Interrupts Street Performance In Turkey To Help The Actor Who Was Pretending To Be Hurt. What A Pure Heart
I'm Recovering From Anorexia But My Cat Stopped Eating... Finally Worked Out That She Will Only Eat When I Do. A Very Good Reason To Keep Eating
To find out how the domestication of animals works, we reached out to Lee Dugatkin, Ph.D., an evolutionary biologist and a historian of science at the University of Louisville. "Ever wonder how our ancestors turned wild animals into the pets that play such an important part in our everyday life? An experiment in Russia, now in its 62nd year, is helping us understand," he told Bored Panda.
"In the late 1950s, Dmitry Belyaev, a brilliant Russian geneticist, came up with an idea for how to replay the evolutionary process that led to the domestication of dogs from wolves, but sped up and using foxes instead of wolves," he explained. The experiment that began in 1960 took place in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia.
Dugatkin noted that this groundbreaking project continues to this day "under the watchful guidance of Belyaev’s student, Lyudmila Trut," who recently celebrated her 88th birthday. "Each year, she and her team test hundreds of foxes, selecting only the tamest —the most prosocial toward humans—to parent the next generation."
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Dugatkin and Trut tell the whole story of this experiment in their book How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution, which is full of science, political intrigue, and tales of love. "In a nutshell, what the Russian team has done is create domesticated foxes that will lick your ears and melt your hearts with their devotion and love," he explained.
It's hard to imagine that somewhere in the beautiful yet harsh Siberia, you would be able to find furry foxes that are as friendly as our beloved canines. "Incredibly, even though Lyudmila and her colleagues select the parents of each generation strictly on how behaviorally tame foxes are, their domesticated foxes look eerily like dogs," Dugatkin added. "Within a decade (ten fox generations), some of the foxes had floppy ears and curly tails."
This Mother Cat Has Taken In An Abandoned Baby Possum
My neighbor's black cat had kittens and they found a baby possum on their deck that must have fallen off of its mom. The mama cat took it in as one of her kittens, but she doesn’t understand why this little funny kitten hangs on her all the time. At this point in time we need to be more like the animals, take care of each other in their time of need.
My Foster Dog Had Never Been Indoors Before. This Is Her First Nap, On A Bed, In A Home
Sundae was taken from a dog hoarding situation — one man had 16 dogs (and a deceased dog’s body) in his backyard. The dogs had access only to a junk-filled backyard and a garage for shelter. We’ve had her for about a week and you would never know that she’s never been an indoor dog before. She’s totally potty trained, incredibly gentle and she’s very polite indoors. She loves to sleep as close as possible to me in bed — I think she’s just making up for 8ish years of zero affection.
She's lucky to have found you! Give her hugs from me! I love the senior puppers. I'm getting older and my next adoptions will all be seniors from now forward.
That's all my husband and I adopt too. They are the sweetest.
Load More Replies...I have a rescue doggo that I helped pull from a very similar situation along with over 50 other dogs. Even in as rough shape as he was in, he was comforting the smaller dogs in the crate with him while we were doing the rescue. He has been with me ever since and is the best dog I could ever ask for.
She said her prayers, that this will last forever.... Now, off to sweet dreams while prayers are answered!
Load More Replies...Absolutely. Let them live the life he forced on all of those innocent souls. Let them know the fear and the discomfort and the pain and the loneliness they made those poor dogs experience.
Load More Replies...It also looks like she’s getting the first truly good deep sleep she’s ever had, because she knows she’s well fed, warm, and safe with you. When dogs don’t feel safe, even if they sleep really lightly and spring up fully awake and ready to defend themselves at every sound.
God bless you, and her! May she live many happy years with u and ur family!!
I see she settled in very quickly. She will make someone a great companion.
Such a sweet puppers! She's obviously happy to have an actual home and loving fur parents.
I rescued my girl from a hoarder! I went to "just look" at a batch of puppies that were only 6weeks, so i thought i still had two weeks. She waddled her way to me and immediately fell asleep when I picked her up to cuddle. The guy said the mom had stopped feeding the pups already (probably due to the stressful conditions she was in) and said the pups were already on solid food. I took my girl home that day, had to take her to Walmart to buy supplies cuz i had nothing for her.
Just imagine what she is thinking, love and comfort, a shock to say the least, bless you for fostering a senior, all of my dogs and cats, were recues, and perfect in every way, they do understand, they have been given a second chance, the love you give, is returned a thousand times, they want to please you, always tell them, good girl, or boy, they know they pleased you !!!
Sundae is so lucky! My mom was an animal hoarder - had 15 dogs, 4 cats, guinea pigs, birds, fish AND a raccoon. ALL were indoor animals in a mobile home. Guess what waited for me and my brother at the end of school. I had a horrible teenage life, but I love animals today.
Oh sweet baby. Enjoy your new life of warm blankets comfy beds love and nurturing 💖💖💖
This is the first day of the rest of Sundae's life - with you. Being loved.
They just know when they are loved....thank you for loving this sweet girl
There REALLY needs to be very harsh punishment for people that do things like this. And don't even start with they were trying to help all them dogs. There is right and there is wrong. NO gray area.
Give her please all the love she deserves thank you god bless you
I find it so difficult to understand how people can mistreat or not care for animals.
It never ceases to amaze me how forgiving and pure of heart dogs are. You have given her a faith in humans she never knew she could have. I'm so grateful that you two found each other, your bond was clearly meant to be❤️
You are a Good dog Mom. This shows you give a dog a little and they give back So much more.
Did you put Downy in the rinse cycle its smell like it, thanks. Senior best are best for seniors, they slow just like you
O GOD BLESS HER,* May She Have Many Many More Nights an Days ❤️ Sleeping an Injoying Your Warm Sweet Bed!! May She Have Many Sweet Dreams!!!!!!
Love her like she deserves. Think of what could happen if abused and neglected kids could be hooked up with the animals suffering the same neglect on a ranch like campground. When prisoners were given the responsibility of taking care of life, it was amazing how it affected them. Ted Bundy types wouldn't be considered, but I'm sure not ever gang banger or abused child should be written off.
[Pauline] thank you for giving her the best life. How rewarding to see them loving life and thriving. Thank you.
She is lucky to have you in her life, just as you are lucky to have her in your life.
When the person left to get alcohol, I cleaned the dog's nose as best I could, I know I couldn't take it all away, but I was able to wash it off with a gentle face soap I happened to find and clean inside! the poor baby's nose. It was so horrifying to witness how much that baby was suffering just so badly from that cruel punishment. I didn't realize she hadn't been taken out all day or I would've so there wouldn't even had been an accident. I offered to take her multiple times, but they would brag about their good dog.ownership.and. tell our friend group proudly about how the.punishments. we all agreed it was too cruel. Put them in a proper sized crate for a couple.hours max, sure, repremand them, sure absolutely, but don't be cruel. They would never wash it off.later either. The dog would try to wash it off in her water.bowl.while pawing and.whining and then unless a friend was over, the owner would make them drink.the dirty water. It was so.sad, and they bragged so much about do this
Load More Replies...Or maybe it's just a picture of a sleeping dog with a stupid story, so stop self-melting your hearts and do something usefull instead.
Maybe. And maybe you're just a miserable, angry, and/or lonely person with your own sad, horrific backstory, who needs love too, so your stone-cold heart, encased in ice, can do some self-melting & healing,... ...Then, maybe, you'll be able to do something more useful with your time, instead of being over here bitchin' about a literal b***h getting love & attention...maybe.
Load More Replies...My Dad Was Dealing With A Lot Of Stress, So We Decided To Get Him A Dog To See If It Would Help. Judging By The Cuddle Puddle, Mission Accomplished
"By the end of the second decade, they had mottled fur patterns and dog-like faces and bodies. And these foxes are as good as dogs at following human gaze," the evolutionary biologist said. What makes this experiment particularly fascinating is that domestication of certain animal species took thousands of years, and this experiment managed to have surprising results in just a few decades.
My Boy Just Had A Successful Surgery And Is Now Cancer Free
She Saw The Kids Playing On It And Now She Meows Until You Rock Her
Bhahahahahahahah!!! Clever lady! She even looks like she's waiting too!
Snapped This Pic Of This Huge Pitbull And His Pooh Bear While I Was Out Running Errands This Morning. So Adorable
He Guarded A Bird With Broken Wing Under My Truck For Four Days Before It Could Fly Off
Had to bring them both food and water because he refused to leave its side day and night, very proud of him
Dugatkin continued: "If all of that were not enough to make us humans fall head-over-heels for these remarkable creatures, they also laugh. Indeed, a number of the vocalizations the domesticated foxes make are more similar to human laughs than the sounds produced by any other species," he told Bored Panda.
He concluded by saying that all of these incredible changes toward a pet-like animal "occurred in mere sixty-plus years. Who knows what changes lay in store as the experiment steams into its seventh decade?"
The Hospital Let My Dog Stay With Me After A Brain Surgery
Two Years And Tons Of Walks Later, Shiloh Has Reached Her Target Weight
This Tiny Fox Has Been Visiting Our Garden Every Day And Wants To Be Friends
We Fed Our Backyard Squirrel Once. Meet Frankie At Our Backyard Door Waiting For More Nuts
Random Girl At Farmer’s Market Seduces My Partner In Front Of My Very Eyes
Sweet Rat
I Got My Pup A Matching Chair So He Would Stop Stealing Mine. Needless To Say, He’s Very Pleased
My Dad Was Worried My Deafblind Dog Wouldn’t Recognize Him After A Year Of Quarantine But I Think She Did
An Autistic Boy, Who Can't Be Touched, Connects With A Service Dog, As His Mom Bursts Into Tears Of Hope And Joy
I'm not sure why, but people still ask us why we place service dogs with children sometimes. Let me help you understand, from a momma who knows first hand:
See this moment? I've never experienced a moment like this.
This picture was taken near the end of the day after my autistic five-year-old was finally able to sit down with his new Service Dog Tornado. He flew across the entire ocean, stopped in multiple states, and uprooted his entire routine to travel the globe for this. He was so overwhelmed through the day that he had to leave to take a break for a couple hours before he could come back. This boy is the strongest child I have ever met; he has faced countless rude and ignorant adults and children who do not understand him, who have hurt him, and who have not valued him because he is different. This picture captures the face of a mother who saw her child, who she can't hug, wash, dress, snuggle and touch freely lay on his new Service dog of his own free will, with a purposeful unspoken attachment. This is the face of a mom who has seen her son experience countless failed social interactions on the playground in an attempt to have a friend. Any friend. Any kind of connection. She has sat with her son while he has cried at night for months because he has no consistent connections outside of the family no matter how hard he tries and no matter what he works hard on in his Autism therapies. It doesn't transfer to the natural occurring world for him. And now she is sitting behind her son silently watching this moment, with the air sucked from her lungs, and no words to say.
Holding her mouth and silently crying because she doesn't want to distract him from the moment and break him away from a pure, honest, and truly fulfilling moment for her son of his own free will. This is truly magic. Words cannot explain it.
I have cried so many times for this boy, but this is the very first time I have cried for a reason like this.
It's new, it's painful, it's wonderful, and it's grateful. I will always stand behind this boy (probably still crying ) but I am grateful that he will have Tornado to stand beside him. The 4 Paws magic is real. The wait is long, but this moment right here makes it worth every moment of waiting. It's worth every fight for services for my son, every diagnosis, every new provider, every dollar spent, every paper filled out, every school meeting, every shed tear, every step forward, every step back, and every wonder of the unknown future. Somehow because of this- because of Tornado- I know everything will be okay.
Some Images Require No Title, Just A Smile
Jellybean Does Not Like The Cone Of Shame. He Tolerates The Flower Of Protection
If it's because he lost a few -ahem- ounces, it's for a good cause. The FoP is adorable.
A Goat Followed My Friend Home From Work
Boss Said We Could Have Office Pupper Fridays
Guy Spots The Most Adorable Little Squirrels Napping Just Outside His Window
Turbo's Smile Always Makes Me Smile. This Was His Prosthetic Fitting Day
My Local Wildlife Shelter Had One Of Their Soft Release Raccoons Manage To Sneak Over The Fence And Into The Deer Pen. Adorableness Ensued
My Little Man Is Cancer Free
Our Cat Had Kittens 2 Days After We Had A Baby. This Kitten Climbs Into The Lounger With Her Whenever He Has The Chance. I Think These Two Were Destined To Be Best Buds
10 Days Ago, Somebody Poisoned My 11-Year-Old Fluffball Leon In My Own Garden
Against all odds, he made it through and is back home recovering to cause trouble for a while longer. The veterinarian called him a miracle. So proud of you my grumpy old kitty
"You Saved My Life. I Knew I Was Going To Die At That Shelter, But You Saved Me Today" - Dog, Saved From Euthanasia, Thanks His Savior
Hooman, This Is My Son
My Dad Passed Away 2 Days Ago And Was Inseparable From His Cat. He Refuses To Leave This Spot Where He Can See The Driveway. He's Waiting For My Dad To Get Home
This Duck Used To Come To My Porch For Food. Recently, She Brought Her Babies. I've Been Watching Them Grow Up
Whenever We Foster A Singleton Kitten, Our Dog Becomes Foster Mama
That looks like the moment the pupper was told they weren’t keeping the kitty
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Wholesome Dog
Buttercup Is Ready For The Minnesota Winter
Note: this post originally had 130 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Words cannot properly express how much I love when BP posts wholesome/happy things.
Only one that didn't have a happy ending..? (The cat mourning) Other than that it made me happy too. :)
Load More Replies...I really really needed this. The last few days have been so tough and sad. I got to smile today. Thank you BP.
This is lovely but it hurts. A few months ago I had to temporarily leave my dog with my sister for work (military). She shared that he waited for me all night to come home. A few months later he died quite suddenly. I'm not able to grieve properly because I'm so far away. I'm better than I was but I miss him so much.
I enjoy the AITA posts (usually with me saying "you mean you don't know you *are* the A? how can you be so stupid?") but I agree this was a wonderful BP post. One of few I repost to FB.
Load More Replies...Love this - just what I needed to see today. Animal are wonderful - we really don't deserve them.
I'm balling my eyes out. Wanted to share this with my husband but he passed away last friday. SH!T.
Load More Replies...Thanks for sharing. These photos made my week.God bless them all.
Thank you, BP. Finally something to make us smile. And such beautiful and sweet animals 💖
So much love! I just don't trust someone who doesn't like animals! They don't have to be crazy like me, but you have to like them! I just wish dogs and cats and birds lived longer bc parting from them is so heartwrenchingly impossible.
Animals. So sweet, so loving. Breaks my heart when they are mistreated!!!!
Oh how lovely it’s made me smile. So nice to see animals being looked after 🥰
After long wearing day really needed to chear up... Thanks so much for these photos!
I looooved all these pics thank u so very much it really put a huge smile on my face this morning...it just goes to show,that animals have even bigger hearts than some humans,I have cats myself & they are so kind & sweet..I always say people who have animals that we are their EARTH GAURDIANS just takin Care of them for God until they all meet him an put in a good word for us😊💖😊💖 thank u BP...GREAT PICS☺️
I'll have Coffee and Tear's to go please...the Autistic Boy & his new friend made me lose it. We have several Autistic/Aspergers spectrum folks it in the family...it touched my 💛💚
So basically, I've just liked every single post, they all have deserved it
i’ve never cried during a movie. not once. i cried during this a little though
This last posting has had me in tears 😢 for twenty or thirty minutes. I love all of what you folks post!! Thanks!!!!
Thank you for sharing your incredible pictures. Our pets and wildlife buddies have a lot to teach us : love instead of hate and peace instead of war.
One of the best posts here on BP in a long time. You better believe l went through the 130 images and they're all heartwarming
I wish our dog would cuddle to our son, but this freaking dog growls towards him (dont like kids our dog, which we didnt know) 😔
Please please please be careful. A month ago my brothers dog attacked my 1 year old nephew... Very, very scary
Load More Replies...Words cannot properly express how much I love when BP posts wholesome/happy things.
Only one that didn't have a happy ending..? (The cat mourning) Other than that it made me happy too. :)
Load More Replies...I really really needed this. The last few days have been so tough and sad. I got to smile today. Thank you BP.
This is lovely but it hurts. A few months ago I had to temporarily leave my dog with my sister for work (military). She shared that he waited for me all night to come home. A few months later he died quite suddenly. I'm not able to grieve properly because I'm so far away. I'm better than I was but I miss him so much.
I enjoy the AITA posts (usually with me saying "you mean you don't know you *are* the A? how can you be so stupid?") but I agree this was a wonderful BP post. One of few I repost to FB.
Load More Replies...Love this - just what I needed to see today. Animal are wonderful - we really don't deserve them.
I'm balling my eyes out. Wanted to share this with my husband but he passed away last friday. SH!T.
Load More Replies...Thanks for sharing. These photos made my week.God bless them all.
Thank you, BP. Finally something to make us smile. And such beautiful and sweet animals 💖
So much love! I just don't trust someone who doesn't like animals! They don't have to be crazy like me, but you have to like them! I just wish dogs and cats and birds lived longer bc parting from them is so heartwrenchingly impossible.
Animals. So sweet, so loving. Breaks my heart when they are mistreated!!!!
Oh how lovely it’s made me smile. So nice to see animals being looked after 🥰
After long wearing day really needed to chear up... Thanks so much for these photos!
I looooved all these pics thank u so very much it really put a huge smile on my face this morning...it just goes to show,that animals have even bigger hearts than some humans,I have cats myself & they are so kind & sweet..I always say people who have animals that we are their EARTH GAURDIANS just takin Care of them for God until they all meet him an put in a good word for us😊💖😊💖 thank u BP...GREAT PICS☺️
I'll have Coffee and Tear's to go please...the Autistic Boy & his new friend made me lose it. We have several Autistic/Aspergers spectrum folks it in the family...it touched my 💛💚
So basically, I've just liked every single post, they all have deserved it
i’ve never cried during a movie. not once. i cried during this a little though
This last posting has had me in tears 😢 for twenty or thirty minutes. I love all of what you folks post!! Thanks!!!!
Thank you for sharing your incredible pictures. Our pets and wildlife buddies have a lot to teach us : love instead of hate and peace instead of war.
One of the best posts here on BP in a long time. You better believe l went through the 130 images and they're all heartwarming
I wish our dog would cuddle to our son, but this freaking dog growls towards him (dont like kids our dog, which we didnt know) 😔
Please please please be careful. A month ago my brothers dog attacked my 1 year old nephew... Very, very scary
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