Posted on 07/09/2007 8:04:18 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(07-09) 15:05 PDT Victoria, Texas (AP) --
By all accounts, Tahoe is a typical kitten: cute, sleepy and hungry. But his eating habits are far from typical, as the stray's been nursing from a 3-year-old dog named Lillie.
Ever since the kitten was found under the hood of Eunice Collins' running Chevrolet Tahoe a few weeks ago, he's been feeding from the unusually cooperative longhaired dachshund. Tahoe feeds in the morning, at night and after naps, purring and pawing at the dog's belly.
"That's not going to happen very often," said veterinarian John Beck, who added that the "kitten got lucky, basically" that he found a dog with those maternal instincts.
Collins said she was confused by the sound of a kitten meowing as she drove her Tahoe.
"I thought I was going crazy," Collins said. "I came to a light and heard it again. So I pulled into a gas station."
Collins took the kitten in and kept him in a bedroom. Four days later, she saw Lillie feeding him.
"I couldn't believe it," she said. "She has just taken Tahoe on as her baby and has been nurturing and taking care of him. They're just very close..."
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Yes, I remember that old paddle steamer pimped up as a restaurant. Had a birthday party there once. And never you mind how old I am!
Last time I stop you from drilling a hole through your head.
They hadn’t been supervising contact between the dog and the kitten? Ooh, that kitty was fortunate.
Will the kitten begin to bark? Will it start burying bones? Gotta know....
That is so sweet. I bet that dog and cat will be best friends for the rest of their lives.
Interestingly, he grew up to have a very long tail and continued to suckle on it even in adulthood. The purring was a most soothing sound at night or if I took a nap on the sofa. K.C. stood for kudzu cat. When I built my current house, K.C. took up with a Mockingbird and they could be seen wandeirng the farm fields during the day. ... I lost little K.C. a few years back to a speeding car down on the road by my house; K.C. learned to chase a tennis ball when he was little and I surmise he was chasing a big ol' greenish walnut frshly dropped fromt he tree by the driveway when he was hit. Loved that little cat too much. He lived six years. I expect to see him again, in Heaven someday
Sorry about that downer, folks. I'll get back up on the porch now.
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(Sung to my pack of standard and miniature dachshunds, pointing at a dog when the line that described him/her was reached in the song. Weiner dogs look so cute when they are trying to puzzle out just what their crazy human is doing to them THIS time.)
*works for dapple dachshunds.
Awwwww...I just wanted to read a cute dog story. Had no idea it was about the cutest of all dog breeds, a miniature dachshund!
!!dogs and cats living together!!
Gozer’s on the loose...
It’s just uncanny how these little varmints can worm their way right into your heart. : }
about a month, the Reuben E. Lee will be gone, its wood and steel recycled, its Victorian chandeliers and oak doors auctioned off, and the museum somewhat richer from the salvage operation.
In recent days, a few folks meandered into the parking lot and simply stared. It was their way of saying goodbye to a vessel whose last incarnation was as the Pride of Newport.
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This brings back bad memories of the cats that used to crawl up in our old car to get warm and then got caught in the fan belt when we started it up.
Yep, I do. I always meant to have dinner there but never quite got around to it before I moved. Is it still there?
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about a month, the Reuben E. Lee will be gone, its wood and steel recycled, its Victorian chandeliers and oak doors auctioned off, and the museum somewhat richer from the salvage operation.
In recent days, a few folks meandered into the parking lot and simply stared. It was their way of saying goodbye to a vessel whose last incarnation was as the Pride of Newport.
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Oh, wow, that’s too bad. It was a fixture down there.
I ate there with my grand mom in the 70 s
Good Dog!!!
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