Man Reading Bedtime Story to Golden Retriever Melts Hearts [Video]

A man reading his golden retriever a nightly bedtime story has melted hearts on social media as users hailed him for doting on his four-legged friend.

Destiny Laone of Orange County, California, captured a video of her boyfriend reading a children’s book to Oakley, their golden retriever. Oakley appeared to be listening intently as his owner read the book, which was based on Disney‘s 2015 animated film Inside Out, before he finally had to go to sleep.

The footage was shared on TikTok (@destinylaone) in July and has delighted viewers, who can’t get enough of the precious ritual. The post has gone viral, with over 275,500 views and more than 52,400 likes.

This was a particularly poignant moment for Laone. She wrote in the caption alongside the video that she’d always “dreamed of having a golden retriever” one day, and because her boyfriend has such golden retriever energy, she jokes that she now has two.