growing up

Yesterday was National Puppy Day and all the users of Imgur were joining in on sharing images of their adorable puppies, whether they are puppies or images of their dogs when they were puppies. And it was overwhelming with cuteness. You couldn't escape the cuteness, but again, why would you want to? 

In honor of National Puppy Day, we decided to feature one puppy, Nelson, or dubbed "the golden potato," and his glorious transformation from golden derp to older golden derp. Thank you to Imgur user RealisticDOc98807 for sharing these adorable images, you've brought some golden light into all our lives. 

Watch Nelson grow over the course of 10 months below! 

For some unclear reason, hunting doggod have lost some of their shine in today's world. And we think it's time to change that. They are so adorable, such wholesome, good boys and girls, and because we're puppy lovers, we do not discriminate against any of them. And pennyfr is about to help us do it.  

They have two of the cutest French Brittany puppies who are the sweetest pups, and they grew up to be the most handsome, wise, awwdorable gentleman. So, let's give some love to puppies who need it, dog lovers, it's time!

We all know that taking care of baby animals is a lot of work; helping them get used to their environment and the people around them. But taking care of baby wild animals is even more challenging, and imgur user hereyougobacon71, who's helped rehabilitate animals previously, shows us exactly why that is. 

Working to rehabilitate a baby bobcat turned out to be quite a challenge - with the kitty showing off its fierceness with biting and playing and... climbing and claiming the washing machine and... climbing into hereyougobacon71's pants. Yeah, it's not what hereyougobacon71 expected either, which only makes it more entertaining. 

The cub will, of course, be released into the wild after its rehabilitation, but for now, we are really enjoying watching it grow up to be the fiercest of all kittens. 

They grow up so fast!! Within just one year, small and medium-sized dogs can reach 99% of their adult weight in 9 to 10 months! And 11 to 15 months for larger dogs.  At least they're always puppies at heart.

How did they grew up so fast?

When it comes to celebrating your dogs birthday, we always go back and reminisce about the first time we help them in our arms. And that's exactly what Twitter user @Munoz0702 did. Well, that and a small birthday tribute to his best friend! Funny enough, this inspired other twitter users to share their own pups' journeys to adulthood in picture form, and we love it!