Golden retriever falls in love with a wild squirrel and gets so excited when she comes to visit him and calls his 'name' — and his reaction when she comes back after having babies is the purest thing ever. We talked to Judie, who shared this unbelievable love story of a golden retriever and a wild squirrel. Watch as her family gets crafty and surprises Chippy & Peanut with 2 very special gifts!
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00:00We noticed that Pete was sitting by the window a lot and he would gaze out and this exact
00:17same red squirrel was coming by every day.
00:22We have a lot of wildlife that come and go, but Murphy would sit and wait for the squirrel
00:28in particular to come by and it turned out to be a daily ritual.
00:35Is Chippy out there?
00:45Initially Chippy was pretty cautious and sort of held her distance, but she was also very
00:50curious.
00:58Chippy would tiptoe out in a very cautious manner.
01:06Over time the trust was built, Chippy would actually come to the door and call for Murphy
01:10to come out.
01:18We thought it was really sweet, so we started to foster their friendship and leave little
01:23nuts.
01:26He knows exactly where the nuts are and he knows that they're for Chippy, so he might
01:30want to feed Chippy and he walks right into the pantry and he sits and waits and we walk
01:35out.
01:36It became a really adorable routine for all of us.
01:52Sometimes Murphy would come out and bring her gifts.
01:55He would bring her a ball, which is his favorite toy.
01:59He would just stand there and he'd drop it down slowly.
02:02He can be very possessive over his ball, so the fact that he'd drop it down for her, that's
02:08pretty special.
02:09He's just a very tender, sweet, loving dog who happened to fall in love with this red
02:15squirrel that's living in our yard.
02:22We noticed that Chippy had not been coming around so much.
02:29Murphy was feeling a little melancholy.
02:31Are you waiting for Chippy?
02:36He had this look of sadness and he would stand by the window on a daily basis with different
02:44gifts, hoping she would come back.
02:52Where's Chippy?
02:53He was really sad, so we decided to get him a new toy.
02:57All right, look what's inside.
03:01Look at that!
03:04Aww, it's a little Chippy.
03:07He adored it.
03:08It was his favorite toy.
03:10He carried it around by the tail and we had to wash it so many times.
03:18And then, in several weeks, she came back.
03:21He had a toy in his mouth and he was literally doing a little dance and circling by the back
03:27door.
03:28It was one of the purest moments.
03:30Is that Chippy?
03:31Oh my goodness, I think she's back!
03:34We realized Chippy had gone away because she was pregnant and she had babies.
03:39Then she started to bring her babies to the tree to meet him.
03:45It made us feel extremely happy that she trusted Murphy.
03:51Can you see me?
03:53He would tiptoe over and observe Chippy with her babies.
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04:08He would tiptoe over and observe Chippy with her babies.
04:16He just seemed to enjoy the pure joy of that moment.
04:23We noticed one little guy had no tail.
04:26I think he was attacked by a magpie.
04:28He couldn't jump as well as the other two babies, but he had adapted so well and would
04:34come by the most often.
04:52I could see that Peanut and Murphy had developed this magical friendship the same way that
04:58he had developed it with Chippy.
05:00Peanut will actually sit in the tree and make little chirping noises for Murphy to
05:04come out.
05:08Is that the baby?
05:15Is he calling you?
05:20Is that your friend?
05:22So, we decided to get a little picnic table for Peanut as a gift for Murphy.
05:27It was really funny.
05:28When we first put it up, Peanut was running back and forth, really, really excited, chirping
05:33and chirping and chirping.
05:34He's like, what?
05:35What is this?
05:36This is amazing!
05:37It was the cutest little gift.
05:42Now, Murphy goes right over to the picnic table and waits for Peanut, and Peanut's already
05:47there.
05:49He just knows, okay, this is our meeting spot.
05:52Is that your friend, Peanut?
05:55I know, I know.
05:56Okay, let's go see Peanut.
05:59Let's go see Peanut.
06:07I think Peanut's calling you.
06:09What?
06:25What?
06:36There's the new house.
06:37Look!
06:38Look, there it is!
06:43Come on.
06:55What do you think, Murph?
07:16This whole journey has been precious to witness.
07:20It's the story of friendship without boundaries.
07:24It's trust, it's kindness, and we're just so happy to be a part of all of this.
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