THIS WEEK, ONE of the most viral images across the internet was Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and his smiling dog Lennu.

Look at them there – Lennu staring out the camera with a big grin on his face:

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But two political dogs that have never gone anywhere near as viral live in Áras an Uachtaráin – Michael D’s two Bernese Mountain dogs named Bród and Shadow.

1. And there is plenty of lovable photographic evidence of the President with his two pups

Source: @grainnebiddle

2. You’ll often find one – or both of them – by his side in the garden

Source: RollingNews.ie

3. “Just resting the head here”

Find someone who enjoys being with you as much as Bród likes being with Michael D Higgins pic.twitter.com/zr8cu0hhUg — Rajiv (@jiffington) July 10, 2017 Source: jiffy /Twitter

*nuzzles*

4. Look at the eye contact

Source: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

5. They even get brought out to meet the Taoiseach

Source: @PresidentIRL Twitter

6. And photobomb passersby

Source: Danny Callaghan/The Dublin Barber Shop

7. They’re by his side during speeches

Source: @futafata

8. And often interrupting his own

9. Shadow and Bród are much loved by the crowds, naturally

Source: Julien Behal/President.ie

10. They should be brought to all diplomatic occasions

Source: President.ie/Maxwell Photography

11. Bród and Shadow…

Source: TONY_MAXWELL/President.ie

12. The President’s best friends

Source: Irish School of Ecumenics

Up there with Lennu, surely <3

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