A pet proprietor has shared heartwarming footage of the second her golden retriever met their new kitten for the primary time.
Lincoln the canine has been finest pals with Charlie the cat ever since proprietor Kate Sherwood launched them to 1 one other final 12 months.
“They’re like brothers,” Sherwood advised Newsweek. “Charlie grew up with Lincoln so he type of acts like him, thinks he is a canine. I’ve by no means seen a canine and cat so shut. It is actually candy!”
The concept cats and canines all the time battle to get alongside is one thing of a fable. A 2020 examine printed within the scientific journal PLoS ONE went some approach to dispelling that notion.
The analysis noticed 1,270 pet house owners with each cats and canines quizzed on their pets’ habits. Tellingly, the examine discovered 64 % of pet house owners mentioned their canines and cats performed collectively a minimum of generally.
Extra apparently nonetheless, 58 % famous that their cats and canines usually slept subsequent to one another whereas 11 % mentioned they all the time slept alongside each other.
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Whereas there’ll all the time be examples of households the place cats and canines do conflict, there’s definitely anecdotal proof to counsel introducing pets from an early age might help foster a bond.
Sherwood has had Lincoln since he was an 8-week-old pet. He turned 4 in April. Charlie turned a part of the household a bit of later although, after the unhappy dying of a earlier pet.
“We had one other cat who we came upon in September 2021 had abdomen most cancers at solely 7 years outdated,” Sherwood mentioned. “He handed away a month later. I used to be heartbroken.”
The lack of a pet, particularly one so younger, was devastating. However ultimately, Sherwood determined it was time to try to discover one other buddy for Lincoln to stay alongside. That was when she discovered Charlie on the animal adoption web site Petfinder.
“I got here throughout Charlie’s cute face and instantly put in an utility,” she mentioned. Keen to incorporate Lincoln in proceedings and let him get a really feel for his new cat companion, Sherwood determined to convey the golden retriever alongside once they went to choose up Charlie.
“We drove out to satisfy him and introduced Lincoln with us,” Sherwood mentioned. “Lincoln was so curious and mild with him from the start and after a pair days of proving to Charlie that he was secure, they began to play and cuddle collectively.”
These first magical few days collectively had been documented in heartwarming element as a part of a video Sherwood shared to TikTok below the deal with lincolnandcharlie. It has been watched practically 1 million occasions.
Lincoln and Charlie have been inseparable ever since, with Sherwood portray a cheerful image of life alongside her two pet finest pals.
“They run downstairs with me each morning for a deal with after which generally if Charlie’s fortunate, I am going to put him in his harness and he will get to come back outdoors and watch the squirrels with Lincoln,” she mentioned. “Then we go upstairs to their toy room and I am going to play with each of them for some time.”
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