Baby learning to crawl gets adorable encouragement from family dog

This looks like the start of a life-long friendship. As a baby girl figures out how to crawl for the first time, her family's black lab is right there watching along with her parents.

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The too cute tot wiggles and squirms her way across the carpet towards the dog. What happened next melted our hearts (and her parents' too). When the baby finally makes it to the dog, he rewards her with a sweet lick to the face.

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