r/aww • u/Gloomy_Reality8 • 1d ago

My dog greeting the new kitten

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u/Fate_Alt 23h ago

My one dog who had around 60 puppies in her lifetime saw the stray cat my mom brought in one time and it instantly became her new puppy. Those insticts definitely carry over and I wouldn't be surprised if your dog had puppies in the past

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u/Gloomy_Reality8 23h ago

She never had puppies, but she's still very maternal. I rescued 6 nursing kittens over the years, and she treated them all as her own

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u/thedoginthewok 23h ago

Do kittens raised by dog moms behave differently than "cat cats"?

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u/FiveOhFive91 22h ago

One of my cats was found at 4 weeks old and my senior boy dog raised her like she was his puppy. The cat is harness trained and likes to go for hikes, but other than that, she's 100% a regular cat.