Rose the muddy dog has the energy we need to start the year off right

This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week.

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Sometimes a video comes around that has it all: a cute dog, a Southern accent, and a primal scream.

Today, we’d like to thank Rose the dog, whose affinity for mud was one of the best things online this week. Rose doesn’t just like mud, either: Rose loves mud. She loves putting her nose in it, she loves lying down in it like it’s a bathtub, and — crucially — she loves to run into a carpeted area with mud all over her paws and lower body.

The internet was blessed with Rose’s presence on Sunday, when Rose’s owner’s niece Sarah-Ashley tweeted a clip of the dog’s muddy exploits. Read more…

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