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Proud Golden Retriever Parents Show Off Their New Puppy Litter

The image features two adult golden retrievers and their litter of newborn puppies inside a paw-print decorated whelping box, which has the text "KEEP CALM AND BE FLUFFY" printed on the back wall. One adult golden retriever sits in the box with the puppies, some of whom are nursing from it, while the other adult golden is positioned in the foreground smiling directly at the camera with a proud expression. Below the photo are two social media comments: the first from user blueberryfoxcake reads "This is just a great picture. Look at those happy dogs!". The second comment from user thecutestofthecute adds an imagined quote from the proud foreground dog: "These are my babies!! We MADE these!!", framing the dogs as delighted new parents showing off their children.
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This is just a great picture. Look at those happy dogs!

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"These are my babies!! We MADE these!!"

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KEEP CALM AND BE FLUFFY

Overview

The image features two adult golden retrievers and their litter of newborn puppies inside a paw-print decorated whelping box, which has the text "KEEP CALM AND BE FLUFFY" printed on the back wall. One adult golden retriever sits in the box with the puppies, some of whom are nursing from it, while the other adult golden is positioned in the foreground smiling directly at the camera with a proud expression. Below the photo are two social media comments: the first from user blueberryfoxcake reads "This is just a great picture. Look at those happy dogs!". The second comment from user thecutestofthecute adds an imagined quote from the proud foreground dog: "These are my babies!! We MADE these!!", framing the dogs as delighted new parents showing off their children.

Origin notes

This wholesome animal meme is sourced from the X.com (formerly Twitter) WholesomeMeme RSS feed. The original photo of the golden retriever family circulated widely on pet-focused social media spaces, and the added imagined quote from the proud dog parent is a common format for cute, relatable wholesome pet memes shared across Tumblr, X, and other social platforms.

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