A German Shepherd puts a paternal paw over his son, 1948

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[deleted] on June 18th, 2017 at 19:12 UTC »

I like to think they were taking this photo knowing it was Father's Day.

Po1sonator on June 18th, 2017 at 19:20 UTC »

This honestly reminds me of the dogs I had growing up. German Shepherd are fiercely loyal dogs and very smart. We adopted a Mom, Dad, and a puppy. The mom unfortunately died at a young age due to escaping the fence and being hit by a car. Anyway, The Dad would always sit by his son after that and put his paw over him almost as if holding him in a Fatherly embrace. Very cool stuff!

superiorpanda on June 18th, 2017 at 19:42 UTC »

My German Shepherds would ALWAYS use their paws to rest on the person they associated with the most. We had a few and my dad knew how to train them to be loyal to different people... we all had our own Shepherd who would sit on your foot if you were near them NO matter what. or put their paw up on you if you were low enough to the ground.

Such intelligent animals. Just went over to my dads for fathers day and it made me miss all of them, nice pic!