Dog Nurses Kitten Found Under SUV Hood

A stray kitten was found under the hood of Eunice Collin's SUV, a Chevrolet Tahoe. She heard the sound of a cat all of a sudden and found the cat (named Tahoe) under the SUV. So she took it and kept him in a bedroom along with her 3 year old dachshund dog named Lillie.

Four days later Eunice found Lillie nursing the cat Tahoe. Eunice was surprised at this development and couldn't believe what she saw. Lillie has taken Tahoe as her baby and has been nurturing and taking care of him. They are very close it seems.

Eunice's veterinarian John Beck said this type of occurrence doesn't happen often; the kitten just got lucky and found a dog that showed maternal instincts. The presence of the young kitten induced a false pregnancy in Lillie and created a nursing response behavior in it.

"It made the hormones needed to produce milk," Beck said. "Now, I'm sure the cat obviously had it in mind the dog was (his) mother."

It is another miracle in nature, wonder how will they get along with time.