The Washington Capitals were graced by the famous Twitter account @dog_rates at Capital One Arena on Friday.
WeRateDogs, which has 8.6 million followers (approximately 6 Alex Ovechkin Instagram accounts), specializes in rating canines. Think Todd Reirden ranking Tom Wilson’s attraction level but for dogs and their overall cuteness.
Matt Nelson, the Twitter account’s fluffy-haired founder, gave Captain a 14/10 rating and “an honor to pet.”
This is Captain, the hockey pup for the @Capitals. When he’s done on the ice he’ll be a service dog for a veteran or first responder. 14/10 an honor to pet pic.twitter.com/09XwXlsnO7
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 28, 2019
The WeRateDogs Instagram post got 140k likes.
Matt also posted this photo of him petting Captain on his personal account.
like c’mon pic.twitter.com/zTjze3x5sb
— matt (@dogfather) December 28, 2019
The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell posted a pic of the two together near the Caps’ locker room.
Can confirm: WeRateDogs is at Capital One Arena with Captain. Look out for more content on @dog_rates later today. pic.twitter.com/ckp7lPzGws
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) December 27, 2019
Captain, who has an impressive command of the English language, thanked @dog_rates for the 14/10 rating.
“omg tysm … i dont have a speech prepared so im just winging this … i just wanna say thank u to my parents for makinggg me rly rly cute and i wouldnt be here without the luv and support of my @Capitals! it was gr8 meeting u dogfather hope we cross paths againnn.”
Confirmed best boy. pic.twitter.com/27lAtsQQor
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) December 28, 2019
omggg
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 28, 2019
The famous meetup follows Captain receiving the honor of Sports Dog of the Year by Katie Nolan.
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