Pedro Martinez’s father had heard of golden doodles earlier in the year and had joked about buying one. Little did he realize that his family had arranged a nice surprise for him. “So for this Christmas, we decided to turn up the holiday spirit to 10 and make my dad go full-blown kid for the rest of the world to witness by getting him the puppy of his dreams!” Pedro writes.

Watch his father’s startled expression when he meets George the dog.