A tabby kitten interacts with a German Shepherd adult dog on a wooden deck in natural light.

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A kitten adopts Toast as her mom

Name: A kitten adopts Toast as her mom
Uploaded: 2020-09-12T16:00:12Z
Duration: 3 min 2 s
Description: Toast and her owner stepped out of the house and found a very small cat. "Toast, this is a baby cat, so be gentle," the owner told her, sure the kitten's mother was close by.

Toast and her owner stepped out of the house and found a very small cat. "Toast, this is a baby cat, so be gentle," the owner told her, sure the kitten's mother was close by. more

The kitten had other plans. She walked right into the house with them, went straight to Toast and started following her everywhere, as if she had already decided who her mom was.

Then came breakfast. When Toast's morning food went down, the kitten marched into the bowl, and Toast let her eat it. "Toasty, what do we do?" her owner asked. After that, the two just got along.

Before long Toast was helping her new baby get around. She boosted the kitten onto the furniture and pushed her up the steps, then walked her back down again.

A black and tan dog stands on concrete stairs with her head lowered and her paws resting on the step below. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Toast pushes the kitten up the steps and helps her back down.

Her owner noticed something stranger, too. The kitten slept tucked between Toast's leg and belly, pawing at her with the motions of a nursing kitten. The vet said this was normal, a kind of stress pregnancy, and Toast seemed to have decided this tiny thing was hers to take care of.

She is protective about it. When the kitten wandered close to the pool, Toast got up, picked her up gently in her mouth and carried her back to where everyone was sitting.

A tabby kitten interacts with a German Shepherd adult dog on a wooden deck in natural light. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Toast and her owner stepped out of the house and found a very small cat.

Toast was anxious about the kitten and always on alert, and she was calmer with the little cat nearby. Her owner says she has very strong instincts and runs on feelings, almost like a person. So the two of them cuddle, and Toast gets to relax.

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