Service Dog Recovering From Attack Becomes 'Instant Soulmates' With New Cat

https://www.newsweek.com/service-dog-recovering-attack-becomes-instant-soulmates-new-cat-1949187

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A woman from California has melted hearts after sharing the story of how the cat she adopted instantly became best friends with her dog suffering from anxiety after an incident that traumatized the pooch.

In a post shared on Reddit in August under the username Ok-Marionberry-3109, a series of pictures show the two pets, Bear (the dog) la perro and Niko (the cat) il gato il nino, looking inseparable, cuddling, playing, and sleeping together like siblings.

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"I got a cat for my dog after she got anxiety after an incident and they became instant soulmates," reads a caption shared along with the pictures.

A dog owner got a cat to help with her pup's anxiety after an incident, and they became "instant soulmates." Ok-Marionberry-3109 via Reddit

The poster, 22-year-old Amelia, told Newsweek that she got Bear when the pooch was only four months old and trained her to be her service animal, but soon after, an accident occurred that changed the puppy's future.

"When she was one-and-a-half and nearly at the end of her training, we encountered three aggressive fake service dogs in a non-pet friendly store. These dogs came out of nowhere, the last one getting incredibly close at the end of its retractable leash trying to attack Bear," she said.

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"This caused her to become scared of all dogs, get really bad anxiety, and led to me having to 'retire' or 'wash' her from service work. After that, she sat at home and looked very bored and upset. She had gone on anxiety medication at this time. My partner and I decided it would be best to get her a friend."

That's when the couple found Niko on an online post, and decided he was the one. As soon as they picked him up, he instantly felt at home, and after settling down in a separate room for a while, he was finally introduced to Bear, and the two became best friends.