--- title: Viral Video: Dog Named Buddy Teaches Baby How to Crawl description: Cutest. Thing. Ever. canonical: https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-23T14:36:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:02.449Z og:title: Watch an Incredibly Helpful Dog Teach a Baby How to Crawl og:description: Cutest. Thing. Ever. og:url: https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch an Incredibly Helpful Dog Teach a Baby How to Crawl twitter:description: Cutest. Thing. Ever. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Incredibly Helpful Dog Teaches Baby How to Crawl by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 23, 2014 2:36 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 23, 2014 2:36 PM UTC When this little girl was having trouble getting the hang of the whole crawling thing, her dog Buddy graciously offered to help. Watch as he carefully demonstrates the proper crawling technique — and then watch the baby’s eyes light up with genuine awe and wonderment. ([h/t BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/dog-teaches-baby-how-to-crawl)) Viral Video: Dog Named Buddy Teaches Baby How to Crawl ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/"},"headline":"Incredibly Helpful Dog Teaches Baby How to Crawl","datePublished":"2014-06-23T14:36:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:02.449Z","description":"Cutest. Thing. Ever.","url":"https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","Babies","cute","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2911794/dog-teaches-baby-crawling/","name":"Incredibly Helpful Dog Teaches Baby How to Crawl"}}]}] ```