Avoid dark clothing and bring a lint brush because these pups are back and ready to snuggle! Come to the Main Green today, April 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Heavy Petting (Ed.-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with Brown faculty members and their pups. Prepare yourselves for some good ol’ fluffy fun. If you can’t make it, enjoy this corgi on stilts. We’ll see you there!

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L-R: Dopey, Bashful, Doc, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, and BearDailySnowWhite

Disclaimer: This is not a post by a sophomore literary arts concentrator who uses Heavy Petting as a lens to determine whether or not she’s ready for motherhood.

Bring out that lint brush, Brunonia. Just when you thought the pre-Spring Week work rush couldn’t get any more hectic, Health Services has handed us an effective way to shelve our stress. Heavy Petting will take place (weather permitting) on the Main Green tomorrow, April 11 from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Puppies! Professors! Petting (of the former, not the latter)! Poodles! Ferrets on steroids that look like poodles! Well…not that. But golden retrievers, please.

TL;DR: PUPPIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

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…And we thought there was nothing cuter than our new pet Kacheek!  This video is 2 minutes and 15 seconds long, but we recommend blocking out a good 20 minutes to enjoy this gem. The slow-mo could not be any more precious. Warning: this may make you cry out of sheer happiness, so if you are in a public place studying, take the necessary precautions. We’re not quite sure who Mark is, but we were ready to call him until we saw that all nine puppies have already been sold. (We might just have to call him anyway.)

If you’re feeling adventurous like these little pups, check out these six-week-old puppies (what’s up with the fish-eye in the first five seconds?) or the litter’s FIRST TIME OUTSIDE! It just gets better and better. If you have time (we know you do), this is also a keeper. And this. Also this.

You know the drill: Main Green from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Puppies!

Pugs and babies in costume not guaranteed.

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The puppies are back! If you’re stressed about work, the study break of your dreams is coming to the Main Green tomorrow. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Brown faculty and staff will be chilling with their dogs for some “heavy petting” and nuzzling. With midterms picking up, the dogs will no doubt provide some welcome stress relief. And if you can’t wait until the pups arrive on the Main Green, don’t worry: Brown University Health Education’s picture advertising the event is absolutely adorable too.

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Puppies, everywhere!

Health Education and Health Services held Heavy Petting on the Main Green, when Brown staff and faculty brought their dogs to school for the petting/making-silly-noises benefit of the student body.

Held once or twice a semester, Heavy Petting helps relief the stress of upcoming final exams, papers and projects.

Better hurry: The dogs are only here from 11:30 to 1:00.