All of us love our pets because they know how to make us feel warm and content on the inside, however bad our day has been. Their love and affection for us and the ways in which they so readily show us how they’re feeling really is one of the most wonderful things we can ever experience. It’s virtually impossible to look at your pet and not start smiling from ear to ear.

Perhaps this is true above all in the case of dogs. Here are 24 dogs whose smiles are so charming and cute that you cannot help but grin back at them.