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In my opinion, there\u2019s nothing better than coming home to a heartfelt greeting. Whether you just ran out for a quick trip to the grocery store or you’ve been away on a two-week vacation, those first few moments of a reunion are always so special. Golden Retrievers definitely understand this, and even if you\u2019ve only been gone for 10 minutes, to them, the world completely stopped\u2014and didn\u2019t start spinning again until you walked back through the door.<\/p>\n
Sterling feels so much love for his mom, and showing his paw-rents how much they mean to him is his love language. Unfortunately, that love recently turned into a full-on WWE-style greeting in the backyard, and his poor Mom is still recovering from it!<\/p>\n
He\u2019s a beautiful pup, and his enthusiasm definitely got the best of him as his human entered the backyard. He spotted her from what felt like 100 yards away and immediately made a beeline straight for her. His ears were bouncing, his tail was wagging, and the whole moment was captured on TikTok. The short clip shows 11 of the happiest seconds for @lifeofsterlingnewton, and it\u2019s clear that, for Sterling, they were the most important moments of his entire day.<\/p>\n
Related: Adorable Goldendoodle Gets Celebration Zoomies When Mom Comes Home From Her Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n As the Golden Retriever comes running at full speed toward his mom, she says, \u201cDon\u2019t knock me over!\u201d But it\u2019s already too late. Sterling forgets to apply the brakes, and his welcome home ends up looking more like a defensive line tackle!<\/p>\n According to his fans, this pup\u2019s greeting was \u201cadorable\u201d and demonstrated \u201ctrue love.\u201d One TikToker joked, \u201cPretty sure he\u2019d just say you had too many gins!\u201d while another added, \u201cWhat a way to go though! \ud83d\ude02\u201d<\/p>\n Mom mentioned in the comments that her knees are still sore, but let\u2019s be honest… that greeting was pretty amazing, and she probably wouldn\u2019t trade those bruised knees even if she could. Sterling\u2019s affection for his mom is as heartwarming and pure as it gets.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt about it, Sterling wins the award for best hello of the day\u2014maybe even the year!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/strong><\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PawNation<\/a> on Apr 24, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add PawNation as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In my opinion, there\u2019s nothing better than coming home to a heartfelt greeting. Whether you just ran out for a quick trip to the grocery store or you’ve been away on a two-week vacation, those first few moments of a reunion are always so special. Golden Retrievers definitely understand this, and even if you\u2019ve only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[43,1054,1165,1546,688,30,36,2322,12360,11428,9797,116,12363,1221,12361,85,2174,101,12362,188,12364,284,67,66,622,1247,31,12358,128,1451,12357,542,9438,2402,2427,2014,12359,884,1751,4950,511,6421,557],"class_list":["post-8159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news","tag-adorable","tag-backyard","tag-coming","tag-completely","tag-full","tag-golden","tag-golden-retriever","tag-greeting","tag-greeting-leaves","tag-grocery","tag-heartfelt","tag-home","tag-knees","tag-leaves","tag-leaves-mom","tag-love","tag-minutes","tag-mom","tag-mom-sore","tag-moments","tag-opinion","tag-pawnation","tag-pe-ts-fun","tag-pets-news","tag-pretty","tag-quick","tag-retriever","tag-retriever-top","tag-retrievers","tag-reunion","tag-sore","tag-special","tag-sterling","tag-stopped","tag-store","tag-top","tag-top-greeting","tag-trip","tag-understand","tag-vacation","tag-week","tag-wins","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sterling Wins the Best Greeting Award<\/h2>\n
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