Mom Accidentally Posts Video of Her Toddler Giving the Family Dog a Spa Day — and Now It Has 1 Million Views (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Frank and Halle through the years.Photo:courtesy of Zoe Perry

courtesy of Zoe Perry

Zoe, on TikTok@frankandhalle, has shared videos of the adorable bond between her dog, Frank, and her daughter, Halle.

“We’ve had Frank since he was apuppy, since he was able to come home, so I think that’s about 12 weeks old in the UK. And he was 2 when Halle was born,” Zoe tells PEOPLE.

“He’d never been around children or babies when Halle was born. And it was something that I was quite conscious of when I first found out that I was pregnant.”

The pregnancy news was exciting for Zoe and husband Michael. But the new dynamic was top of mind, she says. “When I first found out I was pregnant, my initial thought was, ‘How is Frank going to react?’ "

The couple knew it was important to them that they prepared Frank in every way possible.

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“We knew that she was going to be called Halle, so we would mention her name and we’d say, as we were building her cot or putting away toys, ‘This is Halle’s.’ "

Their homecoming quickly showed all their hard work paid off.

“He just took to her straight away,” Zoe says of the first days together. “I didn’t know what to expect. Initially when we brought her in and I sort of had her in the basket and he was sniffing and he was quite curious and he went and got his ball and brought it over to her and put it into the cot.”

“He just kind of did that from day one, and we just kind of taught him the boundaries because he’s a big dog and he thinks he’s a lap dog,” Zoe shares. “He doesn’t realize his size, so we were teaching him a lot about boundaries and being sort of assertive when he would go too close and we would be like, ‘No,’ And teach him what was right and what was wrong.”

As Halle grew and was able to play with Frank more, their bond also grew. That also took teaching Halle to respect Frank’s boundaries.

“If Frank was sleeping, to not go over to him, to have gentle hands, to be kind when she’s touching his skin, not to touch his face, not to go near his mouth, things like that,” Zoe says.

That process has gone well, and she finds that Halle “follows our lead” when it comes to how Zoe and Michael are with Frank.

“She sees us making a fuss of Frank and we give him lots of kisses and cuddles,” she adds, “and we are gentle with him, when we clean his face, we clean his ears, and I think that’s what sparked Halle taking an interest when she had her pretend makeup bag.”

“I think she thought that’s what I was doing, and she just did that herself,” Zoe says of Frank’s care. “The first time she did it, I mean, we didn’t capture it on camera because it just happened spontaneously. And Frank, he just laid there and he just loved it, the fact that she was just really gentle with using the brushes.”

Zoe admits that sharing the videos was only supposed to happen within her inner circle. After using TikTok to edit videos she’d share with loved ones, she accidentally posted one of her videos one day.

Commenters love the sweet connection between the little girl and her dog in all the clips Zoe has posted since.

“Frank is such a character, even not just with Halle, but with me, with my husband. In general, he is just a funny dog,” she shares. “He’s so clumsy. He’s big, but he’s clumsy. He’s like a big friendly giant.”

Zoe and her family are grateful for the “amazing” reaction the world has had to their favorite duo.

“My family all love it — my work, my colleagues, my friends, they have said to me for a long time, ‘You need to do something with this. You need to show the world, the relationship that Halle and Frank have,’ And I just always laughed it off,” she adds. “Now they’re like, ‘See, I knew this is what the world needed more of.’ "

Zoe hopes more people will take the steps necessary to create such beautiful bonds between their children and pets, too.

source: people.com