This guy is bringing a CARDBOARD version of his adorbs dog to college

Anyone who lived away from home during college will remember the pang of longing you'd often get for a homecooked meal, ironed clothes or the love of a the family pet.

Yes, we missed our family, but a desire for our favourite food and furry friends generally came top of the list when living in student accommodation got too much for us.

And it looks like one mam knows all too well what a prolonged period of time away from our pooches can do to us.

Taking matters into her own hands in the run-up to her son's big college adventure, Sharia from the States decided to make a cardboard cut-out of the family's Golden Retriever, and Twitter is understandably all over it.

my mom got me a cardboard cutout of my dog to take with me to collegepic.twitter.com/ejyLnHEujI

— SauceJ. (@jostrowski12) August 18, 2016

Sharing a snap of Jesse and his cardboard version, Jake Ostrowski tweeted: "My mom got me a cardboard cutout of my dog to take with me to college."

Speaking to BuzzFeed about his mam's adorable endeavour, Jake explained: "I love my dog — he sleeps with me every night. I’ve been really sad because I’ve got to leave him to go to college."

thanks for making me famous, I'll miss youpic.twitter.com/YMy9xyuoel

— SauceJ. (@jostrowski12) August 19, 2016

"It can be kind of scary going off to college," Jake admitted. "But now I’ve got my dog in my dorm with me.”

Ladies, we're dying.