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When she gently touched his paw for the very first time, and he held onto her finger. Lana told our managing Dodo producer, Anastasia, how trapping Cheese was the scariest moment of her life, but knowing what happened after not only made it all worth it, but also made her husband dream of his very own feral cat best friend!

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00:00She didn't think this feral cat would ever let her get close.
00:05I'm Anastasia, a managing producer here at the Dodo,
00:08and this took months to get here.
00:11I had the worst fight with my family,
00:14and exactly that night, he showed up.
00:18It was rainy season in Korea.
00:21He was small, shivering,
00:23so I put some food near the fence,
00:26and he slowly, slowly, slowly came to our garden.
00:31In that moment, my mom and my husband,
00:33we all forgot our fights, and we were like,
00:36hey, okay, go, go, let's feed him.
00:39That night, he saved our relationship.
00:42Next day, he came back, and I thought,
00:46finally, I can have cats.
00:47He will be my last cat.
00:50I was optimistic.
00:52I realized that he is semi-feral.
00:56Lana had no idea that this rescue had just begun,
00:59and that it would take another seven weeks
01:01to even get cheese inside.
01:03He kept his distance,
01:05and after lunch, went somewhere for his pet business.
01:10One day, he stayed.
01:12He closed his eyes and slept.
01:15For the very first time, he felt safe,
01:17and I was like, oh my God,
01:19maybe I can really earn his trust.
01:28But then another cat came to my garden.
01:33When the black cat came,
01:35she just disappeared.
01:36I was very worried.
01:38I just sat in front of my UPC TV camera.
01:43Even my husband told me,
01:45oh, Lana, go eat dinner.
01:47Lana, let's do something.
01:49Lana, let's go to stable, go to work.
01:52At week three, my husband find out
01:55there is a CNR program fully supported by government.
02:00I decided if cheese will come again,
02:03I want to save him.
02:04But first night, we catch this black cat.
02:07Lana was happy to save that one feral cat,
02:13but she couldn't stop thinking about cheese.
02:17One month later, he came again.
02:19I couldn't believe this.
02:20That day was crazy hot.
02:23He was exhausted.
02:24I decided I will catch him.
02:27I understood that maybe it will break all trust,
02:32but we can recover our relation later.
02:36It was like most scary five minutes of my life
02:42because really I'm not joking,
02:44but my hands were shaking.
02:54When I brought him home,
02:56I was ready to wait until he decides that he is safe.
03:03First five days, he didn't come to me.
03:16Second week, he slowly started to be interested
03:20in our living room.
03:27Two weeks later, he started to be curious
03:30to participate in everything what I do.
03:35Every day, there was some progress,
03:37but still, I couldn't touch him.
03:42Two months later, I just decided to gently touch his home.
03:48That moment changed everything.
03:51Every day, he was more and more lovely.
03:54He more and more enjoyed his.
03:59Now, 282 days later,
04:01Lana's dream finally came true.
04:04Cheese became the snuggliest lab cat.
04:11Even my husband started saying like,
04:14Oh my God, I also want a cat who loves me so much.
04:17I'm the one who loved you so much.
04:20I'm the one who really loved us.
04:22I'm the one who loved us,
04:29I find my body.
04:30You
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