A Pet For A Pet: Heartwarming Stories Of Pets Adopting Fur Babies, Resulting In A Happier And More Furry Family (Wholesome Reddit Thread)

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 15, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

They say that it's easier to raise cats in pairs, but is it easier to give your dog a pet cat to play with? There's the age-old stereotype that dogs and cats get along like, well, dogs and cats, but as we've seen time and time again, cats and dogs can be the best of friends! We had both dogs and cats in our house when we were growing up, and everyone got along swimmingly.

Reddit users rushed to give this woman an answer in the cutest, most wholesome way they could - with their own heartwarming stories of pets falling in love and being the best of friends. These wholesome stories are making us believe in the power of love, and we feel a warm, fuzzy feeling in our hearts and a smile on our face. Scroll down to soak up all this goodness below!

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    Font - Should I let my dog have her own cat?
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    Font - Ik ik I sound bonkers, but a few months ago we took in an abandoned kitten, eyes not even all the way open. Well the plan was to foster her till we found Her a place. I also have a pittbull. My pitbull decided that is HER cat. She will keep the cat away from her friends when they come to visit, (uses her body to block them from the cat, or picks her up (YES IT SCARED THE OUT OF ME THE FIRST TIME SHE DID IT BUT SHE JUST SCRUFFS HER) and moves her away from the other dogs, me, or anyone rea
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    Our dogs were the best of friends with our cats. They cuddled together, played together, and even ate together! The cats trained them well, though, they taught them when to play and when they didn't want to be bothered.

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    Font - Disclaimer I know I sound kinda cold about the cat that's just me going out of my way to avoid getting attached, she has a name and I do like her so I don't have an issue with her staying for good, my husband just thinks I'm crazy and the dog won't care if we rehome the cat cuz she's "just a dog" Edit: the dog was a service dog drop out and the guarding/ moving the cat has been addressed with her trainer (she sees her trainer to keep her on point with her training) and both of us agree sh
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    Font - shellischofield · 7 days ago I fostered a 3 week old kitten and a 5 week old Rottweiler at the same time...they fell in love with each other and bonded closer than any two animals I have ever seen...and I foster a lot! Although I hadn't originally planned to keep either of them, I couldn't imagine separating them...so I adopted both! Best decision I have ever made. They have both just turned 2 and they are still inseparable. I do think separating them could negatively affect both the cat
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    When one of our dogs was reaching old age, the cats were inseparable from him. They never left his side, and they went from sleeping together a couple of times a week to every night. It was the cutest thing we ever saw!

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    Dog - W WHERE TAKEEWA
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    Font - readsalotkitten - 6 days ago . Okay the dog will care a lot. We had a German Shepherd dog, dumb as a bag of salad, but was so sweet. Growing up in London at some point in the 2000s there was a scourge of buying bunnies for children for Easter and discarding the bunnies right after. Anyways my mum took in all the abandoned bunnies and we kept them in our garden we made an enclosure and kept them until we decided what to fo. that dog loved them so much, first we were all scared as well then
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    Font - bunnies. He would get them out of the enclosure and play with them then rounds them up back again into the enclosure had the time of his life. Eventually we did have to give the bunnies up and he was really sad like super annoyed he kept looking for them for days, eventually my mum decided yes it's alright we will get himm his own bunnies
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    Font - blue_moon_4. 6 days ago. edited 6 days ago My cat was 16 when I got a puppy. As the puppy grew up, she became good friends with the cat. At nearly 18, my cat passed. The dog had spent every moment for the cats last week by his side, guarding, licking, cuddling. We were all devastated when the cat passed, including the dog. About a year later, we fostered a kitten. The dog sat with her head in the box, staring at the kitten for hours, until it felt safe enough to hop out. She babied it, sn
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    Font - weeks. She was so depressed when the kitten went to its final home. For weeks she moped around, didn't want to play with her puppy friend, didn't eat much. Eventually we got a cat, but this cat is afraid of dogs. She is getting used to them, but doesn't want to cuddle with the dog, or even walk past her. I told the dog we'd get her a kitten for her birthday, haha. Some dogs love cats apparently and she really wants one to play with and care for. She even mother's our baby chicks. So yes,
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    Font - . mackydoodles - 6 days ago Ten years ago I got my dog a tiny dog. I had a big American Bulldog mix, and when I found this little chihuahua mix running around in rush hour traffic and brought her home, he just fell in love with her If it were just me or if he didn't care so much I probably wouldn't have kept her. But she was his dog. He helped me train her and everything.
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    Font - RevolutionaryBat9335 7 days ago Let her keep the kitty! A friend of mine had a kitten the mother abandoned. His dog raised it like a puppy and the cat grew up thinking it was a dog. Would run to the window and meow at things when the dog barked, play chase, I think he even taught it sit lol
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    Font - SomewhereUseful9116 7 days ago One of my cows adopted grazing goat as its friend. Later, believe it or not, the goat was stolen and was never found. Our cow actually cried. She cried out loud and she kept crying. She was so depressed she stopped eating and became listless. I am the only person I know of who found and bought a new baby goat for their depressed cow. When our cow saw the new baby goat, she ran around the field in circles, flicking her back legs into the air -- to the right!
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    Font - fckinsleepless - 6 days ago So we found a kitten too, planned to find a home for it etc but the kitten and our dog were fast friends. Day 2 they're playing, bouncing back and forth at each other. And my dog is being very gentle and very motherly with him. We decided to keep him and they're still best friends. They get zoomies together and chase each other back and forth and then fall asleep with each other. I think it was a great idea.
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    Font - That said, it kind of sounds like your dog is resource guarding the cat. Keeping the cat away from others isn't a healthy behavior. You might want to look into that to see if your dog will behave with the cat long term, so it doesn't lead to any aggression issues.
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    Font - . Unusual-Setting-5067 7 days ago YES! So rarely can our pets tell us exactly what they want, but this seems pretty darn clear. Your dog now has a cat, congratulations! I'm going to go back to trying to figure out if my new rescue pup has decided she doesn't like the food the shelter told us she's been eating, doesn't like the bowl it is in, or just wants to see how long she has to stop eating to get something better.
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    Font - saaandi 7 days ago Can I just say. I had a really day. This thread is making me smile and folding brightening my day. With that being said YES your dog should keep the kitten. My old GSD (who grew up with cats but was otherwise extremely animal reactive) we had a cat when she was a pup, that cat passed(old age) we adopted a middle age cat (super friendly they got along great, no super bond but did enjoy each other) I found/got a kitten (at this point the dog was 9ish) ninja kitty was 7-8
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    Font - where inseparable. From day 1 (well I had him about a week or 2 before I introduced him to the other cat and dog..wanted to get him vetted first) they would play the "we don't like each other" game..but when you snuck around they'd be snuggling, she cleaning him, him pulling out her tufts of fur. If 1 had to leave the house the other was inconsolable til the other came back. When it was the dogs time to go, poor ninja we made sure he got to "say good bye" but obv he didn't understand we w
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    Font - we did to bury her and we let him sniff her before doing so) he was so miserable (at this point we also had a 3rd cat) the other 2 where kinda off but not too bad, but ninja missed his "mommy" so much. So yes your dog needs to keep her new friend.
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