Watch a man get his dying wish to kiss his dog goodbye

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It had been weeks since Peter Robson had seen his dog.

The terminally ill 70-year-old man had been bedridden in a hospital in Scotland, separated from his beloved border collie, Shep, as he came to the end of a years-long battle with lung disease.

In his final hours, Robson did not want any comforts from home. Although it seemed impractical, his family said, he wanted only a moment to say goodbye to the friend who had been by his side through it all.

So Robson’s nurses told his relatives to go get the dog.

In an emotional Facebook video, Robson’s family members were seen bringing Shep into his hospital room Thursday at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Scotland. As his relatives were heard sniffling and crying in the background, Robson leaned over the side of the hospital bed to pet his dog, then pulled off his oxygen mask to let the animal lick him.

“When the dog came, he just broke down,” one of Robson’s granddaughters, Ashley Stevens, said Friday morning in a phone interview with The Washington Post. “He took his mask off to kiss him and stuff, and Shep was licking his face.”

Stevens said seeing Shep was her grandfather’s last wish.

Only hours later, she said, he died surrounded by family.

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