‘A one in a million cat': Dog lover becomes enchanted by beautiful silver tabby, discovers he doesn't fit in at home, so they adopt him and he turns out to be unlike any cat they've ever met

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Apr 5, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

When you start to meet more than few cats, you start to understand that most of them are highly unusual in the best of ways. Some have no concept of purrsonal space, some only drink from blue water glasses, and others turn out to be unlike any cat you've ever met. Some cats and hooman pairs are just meant to be.

You can never truly know the purrsonality of a cat upon meeting it. Cats are naturally shy creatures, and they are known for taking their time to get used to new people and places. It makes sense, after thousands of years of evolution teaching them that the cautious cat usually survives the longest. Even though the worst thing they'll have to survive in your house is being fed 5 minutes late for dinner, their genetics don't understand that.

But what we've found more often than not is that when a cat truly opens up to you, and your family, it's one of the most rewarding expurriences. To us, ironically, the best cats have always ended up being like dogs. Loyal, affectionate, and with a rare desire to make you happy, not just themselves. It happens when the purrfect hooman meets the purrfect cat, then meowgic unlike any other happens. 

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    So I don't have much experience with cats. I've always had dogs and still have an Alaskan Malamute x Siberian Husky named Akira.
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    We moved to a new house nearly 5 years ago and during my walks with Akira we'd often see this cute little silver tabby.
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    I have no idea what breed (it any) he is but he's mostly silver with black stripes and a white underbelly.
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    This cat was super chilled out and wouldn't run away from Akira like other cats would.
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  • A cat that isn't afraid of dogs is already abnormal. Usually, cats that grow up with dogs learn not to fear them, but a stray or someone's outdoor cat having not even a hint of hesitation upon approaching an unknown dog? Now that's what we call confidence. That's certainly something that sets this silver beauty apart from the rest of his kind!

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    In fact he'd often approach us. I soon learned that he was super friendly too and would let me pet him or even pick him up.
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    Over the years I've seen him on/off and within the last 12 months or so he'd been appearing in the garden or sometimes even trying to get in through one of the downstairs windows.
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    My girlfriend wanted to start feeding him but he looked like a well kept and fed cat and I didn't wanna start feeding someone else's cat.
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    Recently we discovered that he actually belongs to a family who live across the street from us but they have 2 other cats that he doesn't get along with.
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    They said he no longer comes home to them, has started sleeping outside and will only take food from them outside the house.
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    As a result they wanted to re-home him. Because he seemed to chill with Akira and friendly we agreed to trial him living with us and instantly he settled in and made himself at home.
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    The very first day he spent the whole day in our house, sleeping, eating and being very affectionate.
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    He would jump up on our bed, start purring and kneading, rub his face and nose against ours, start dribbling and rolling around on his back exposing his belly to us.
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    He loves humans touch and seems to crave it. He's the most affectionate cat I've ever encountered.
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  • The fact that they describe the cat as “dog-like” just confirms that this cat is truly special. And that it trusted them from the beginning. But here's the real secret: that was only the beginning for the hooman. As the dog-lover said earlier in their post, they spent around a year randomly seeing this cat around the neighborhood. We suspect that this cat had been watching them the whole time. Learning about them. Trying to understand them. On his own time, he learned to trust them, and hoped that one day, they would take him. This is the meowgic we were talking about.

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    Granted I don't have much experience with cats but I've never known a cat to be so trusting and instantly bond with a human like this.
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    He reminds me more of a dog. He follows me around the house like our pups used to.
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    He sleeps in bed with us, cuddled in the whole night. Although he likes to play with toys and uses his claws and teeth on toys, he's not once accidentally scratched or bitten me.
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    He can be scratching and biting at a toy and I can start stroking his face or belly and he won't ever attempt to scratch or bite me.
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    He rolls over on his back like a dog, purs when he has his belly rubbed and actually lets me kiss his belly without thrashing around (even our dogs don't always let us do this).
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    Bear in mind we've had this cat living with us for a week... Its not like we've built up this bond over years.
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    He just seemed to instantly fall in love with us and trust us entirely. And the strangest thing...
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    He comes out for walks with me. He doesn't just follow me around the house, he follows me when I go outside as well.
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    The second day he was with us I took Akira out for a walk and he followed me and her for the whole 40 mins walk.
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    I've now taken him out for another two walks just me and him. Now and then he'll get distracted by a bird or go investigate some bush but he always runs to catch up with me.
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    If he runs off ahead to check something out he'll stop, look back and wait for me to catch up before walking on.
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    I have 40+ min videos of me walking down the road with him, then walking along a nature path with loads of tress, bushes etc and then him walking back home with me.
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    The first day we went out I told my girlfriend it was like he was showing me his territory and his favourite places to go lol.
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    Everyone I've spoken to says this is HIGHLY unusual. I kind of feel like this is a one in a million cat?
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    Oh and his name is Indy (that's what his old family named him). I'm completely in love with him.
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    Is this cat unusual or am I just not used to cats? TDLR: We adopted a cat last week.
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    He's super affectionate, let's you rub and kiss his belly, follows me around the house everywhere and comes out on 40 minute walks with me and the dog.
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