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Pretty sure sleeping belly-up on a dog is the coziest spot on Earth! Tessa always considered herself a dog person, until her dog Melons completely fell in love with rescued kitten Mango. Dodo editor Tarang caught up with her about how their unlikely friendship turned Mango into the ultimate gateway cat for the family, so when a second helpless kitten appeared on the highway, “what’s one more cat?” suddenly didn’t sound so crazy.

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00:00He just like rolled over and did the full cat tummy expose and I was like oh I think I
00:06could
00:06get down with cats. Tessa always thought she was a dog person and had no plans of ever getting a
00:12cat until this happened. I was not even interested in cats. My friend found him in her car engine
00:18and then she texted us and was like you could just foster him for a couple nights. While Tessa did
00:24not know a thing about raising kittens her and her fiance had a big heart for animals. We're so
00:28obsessed with our dog and it's always been the Melons shows but we weren't sure how the integration
00:33would go but from the get she was like really trying to like lick him and nurture him. She really
00:40wanted to mother this cat. While Melons was so ready to be the older sister, Mango was just going to
00:46need
00:46a little bit more convincing. The first week he was kind of in his fight or flight protective mode.
00:52Melons was just like really patient and would just let him come to her and before we knew
00:58it they were just running around together like always playing and coming in to eat at the same
01:03time. And if you thought the story was going to end there you're wrong. Recently Tessa's fiance actually
01:09rescued a tiny black kitten off the road. He was in way rougher shape than Mango ever was. We just
01:15like
01:15fed him and took care of him. We started having a lot of fun with Mango and Melons and it
01:20was just
01:20kind of like what's one more cat. And then here we are with Fig who's also really sweet just like
01:25has a more mischievous personality. It's funny how that happens. There's always like a gateway drug
01:30animal. Ever since Mango and Fig have entered the picture it's been so beautiful to watch Melons be
01:39such a maternal dog. It's just been a cool way to bring more love into our family honestly.

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