--- title: Puppy Comforts Older Dog Having Bad Dream Viral Video description: Ugh, dogs are so perfect canonical: https://time.com/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-11T14:10:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:35.590Z og:title: Puppy Comforts an Older Dog Who's Having a Nightmare [VIDEO] og:description: Dogs are such perfect creatures og:url: https://time.com/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/ 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: Puppy Comforts an Older Dog Who's Having a Nightmare [VIDEO] twitter:description: Dogs are such perfect creatures twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Puppy Comfort an Older Dog Who's Having a Nightmare by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 11, 2014 2:10 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 11, 2014 2:10 PM UTC Not only is this puppy really cute, he’s also incredibly compassionate. Watch as he attempts to comfort an older dog who he notices is having a bad dream. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/"},"headline":"Watch This Puppy Comfort an Older Dog Who's Having a Nightmare","datePublished":"2014-07-11T14:10:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:35.590Z","description":"Ugh, dogs are so perfect","url":"https://time.com/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","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/2976321/watch-this-puppy-comfort-an-older-dog-whos-having-a-nightmare/","name":"Watch This Puppy Comfort an Older Dog Who's Having a Nightmare"}}]}] ```