Einstein and Cody (The Rescuers Down Under)

Cody looked through the all the empty dog cages for any dogs that were left behind by those animal rescuers. The blond boy was sure the group had the best intentions but they tend to overlook a few things. He stopped in front of one cage that had a large pile of hay that was heaving up and down. Cody observed the name over the cage that read, Einstein.

With a name like that, Cody doubted the animal was dangerous but still decided to use precaution after all by the amount of hay that was going up and down, Einstein was likely a huge dog...

Naturally, once he unlocked the cage from the outside and walked in, he found out the hard way that he wasn’t wrong. A Great Dane's head popped out of the hay and stared at Cody nose to nose.

“Hi... I’m guessing you’re Einstein, right?” Cody asked, surprised by the dog’s sudden appearance.

Einstein naturally answered him by smacking his tongue on Cody’s left cheek, the body yelping in surprise as his cheek was squashed upward, pushing his eye shut. After that, the Great Dane suddenly slurped the boy’s cheek upward with such speed and force that it knocked the boy back, barely managing to keep from stumbling.

While he was wiping the slobber off his cheek. Cody could only look in awe at the sheer strength of Einstein’s lick, only for that to be dialed up to 11 when the Great Dane got up to his paws, the sheer height of the dog allowing him to easily tower over the preteen.

"Wow. You're huge!" gasped Cody. "I can't tell if you're a dog or a horse."

Einstein made a noise that seemed like he was chuckling, before he slapped his tongue onto Cody's non-licked cheek, lifting it up just as much and once again knocking Cody back once more, making him stumble against the cage door as he was pushed out of the cage. "Hahaha! Easy there, boy!" Cody said, laughing as he wiped his cheek off.

Just as Cody managed to get the last bit of slobber off of his cheek, Einstein suddenly lunged forward, push the boy back with a barrage of cheek lifting licks.

"H-HEY! Hahahaha! Cut it out, boy! Knock it ohohohohoff!" Cody yelped, giggling helplessly as Einstein's massive tongue lifted up his cheeks over and over again as Einstein's tongue alternated between them, lifting them up again and again and pushing Cody's eyes shut until eventually Cody hit a wall, leaving him with nowhere to run from the affectionate Great Dane.

Einstein naturally gave a big ole lick on Cody’s left cheek, pushing it upward with such strength that Cody was lifted off the ground with his back sliding up the wall, smiling boyishly as his eye was forcibly pushed shut by the Great Dane’s tongue.

The Great Dane eventually stopped his affectionate assault and stared happily down at the drenched, blond boy against the wall. The giggling Cody wiped the slobber off his face then looked up at Einstein, who was staring back adoringly with his tongue hanging on the side as he panted.

Since Einstein was a stray and didn't seem to have an owner, Cody had begged his mom if he could keep him. His mother had been cautious about the size of Einstein but the puppy dog eyes in her son made her relent.

Cody cheered and thanked his mom, promising that he would take care of Einstein. He then hugged the big dog, who dragged his tongue up Cody's face, making his cheek roll and forcing one eye to close as he grinned.