As previously documented, Golden Retrievers are terrible at racing when the course is littered with toys and treats.
But they are great at eating corn on the cob like a human being… and even better as getting crazy excited when their owner returns home from a tour in Afghanistan.
There’s not much to say about the following footage except that viewers will likely need a tissue or two dozen while viewing it.
Check out the reaction of ecstatic canine upon seeing his mother for the first time in way, way, WAY too long:
It doesn’t get much more moving than that, does it?
Unless you also count this video of a different dog crying whimpers of joy over his returning soldier human, along with the footage captured in the gallery below: