Mama cat adopts Rottweiler puppy

[buckeye96]

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Mama cat adopts Rottweiler puppy
6-day-old canine at animal shelter was rejected by its mother

MERIDEN, Conn. - Who says cats and dogs don’t get along?

Workers at the Meriden Humane Society are marveling at a short-haired mother cat that has adopted a 6-day-old Rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.

The tiny pup, named Charlie by Humane Society volunteers, nurses alongside a jumble of black and gray kittens recently born to Satin, who was taken to the shelter by an owner unable to care for her.

Charlie’s mother was found by the side of the road in Meriden a couple of months ago. She gave birth to two puppies, but one was stillborn. As sometimes happens with a stillborn in the litter, the mother refused to accept Charlie.

Volunteers bottle-fed him every two hours, but the effort was exhausting for them and insufficient for the puppy, volunteer Chris Chorney said.

Research indicated that a suitable substitute could be Satin, who had given birth to four kittens that have quickly warmed to Charlie.

“The kittens scrum up with him and the kittens treat him like one of their own,” Chorney said. “There’s a certain social benefit of small animals being with each other.”
Such relationships are not all that unusual in certain circumstances, said Deirdre Chiaramonte, a veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center, a specialty teaching hospital in New York.

The cozy arrangement between Charlie, Satin and the kittens will likely change as the pup grows. Full-grown male Rottweilers commonly weigh 100 pounds.

Volunteers are hoping that dog owners will volunteer their puppies to be Charlie’s playmates.

“Dogs need to be with a litter of puppies, to learn to play with other dogs,” Chorney said. “He has to learn to be a well-socialized dog.”

[Tywaknya'sBABY]

AHHH!...That's too cute and lucky for Charlie. Is it me or are Rotts putting an end to the sterotype that dogs and cats can't get along? j/k

Alot of households with rotts also have cats

[dogsbydoug]

Must be a rottie mix.....from the one pic I've seen the dog is primarily brown, not black...

A cute story though...

We had a cat years ago that ruled the roost and the dogs knew it - although they did all cuddle up together on cold winter nights on the big dog bed!

[TR Young]

Yeah, it is a Rottie mix. I had read that in a news link where there was a picture with the caption that said that the pup was a mix.

[vVRotts]

Most of my cats didn't get along with dogs. One liked only our original dog, a smaller all-American, and our largest male Rottie. All are now at the Bridge hopefully still getting along :)

My youngest current cat Oliver, almost a year old, thinks he IS a Rottweiler; I just posted a gallery picture of him napping with his new baby Rottie brother Axe.

http://www.rottweiler.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=5006

Back on topic: I've seen a few stories lately like the one posted with a momma's love coming from a different species. Very heartwarming to say the least!