Puppies getting their 'stair legs' is the cutest thing you'll watch today

One paw in front of the other...
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Diana Shi
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When you're a puppy,the most terrifying thing in the world isn't always a vacuum cleaner, sometimes it's just the stairs.

Racing towards the edge of the porch with baby-dog abandon, a whole family of puppy siblings try their best to make sense of these piled-up blocky hills.


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Owner Laurie Hudgins documents the labradors going through the pain of mastering this simple feature of pedestrian life.

We can't blame them -- stairs can seem pretty miserable when you're only several weeks old and pretty much a bouncy furry peanut.

C'mon puppies, you can do it.





It's a beautiful performance that is sure to keep getting even cuter and runnier. The baby brood of dogs are six weeks old right now. Keep track as they completely master the stairs at @bbflabradors.

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Diana was a part of the web culture editorial team at Mashable. She is originally from Kent, Ohio, and a native of the AIM chatroom. Her interests include any movie with Jodie Foster and trying to play it cool in front of celebrities (4-legged or otherwise). Get inside her head on Twitter, at @drrtydiana.

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