Little Gray House

We have four cats and one dog. Just like people, each of these animals has a story, but this is my blog and not theirs, so you won't be getting their stories anytime soon. You will, should you choose, be allowed into the very weird life of two of our animals, Scooby and Ash.

Ash is not an orphaned cat. She was the kitten of our friend's cat and we took her home at eight weeks after spending time with her almost every day. But she was still a kitten and she still needed to nurse with her mama. Since her mama did not live with us, she searched and searched until she found someone suitable and accommodating enough to be a surrogate mother. Enter this dark and shady video...

Yes, Ash found it necessary to surrogate nurse on the family dog, Scooby Doo. Notice her paws kneading the complacent dog, just as a kitten does to a mother cat to start the flow of milk. There was only one odd factor: Scooby Doo is a boy and unless I am wrong, boy dogs do not produce milk, no matter how much kneading is done by the kitten. He was her pacifier for about six months. He really fit the 'mothering' role well and would pick her up (sloppily) in his mouth and move her around, just as a mother cat would.

It was all quite sweet and beautiful...and weird. This concludes the much-abbreviated story of Ash and Scooby Doo. The End.