Moving often affects the condition of people. It is especially difficult for children and the elderly to adjust to life in a new home. Adaptation, new conditions, unfamiliar neighbors and even the weather affect the period of adjustment. No less difficult to adjust animals, especially those who are of age and have known all their lives every corner of the former home, remember the smell of every bush and neighbor’s pets.An unusual case occurred with an ordinary family, which has already seen a lot, shaggy dog Nika. Nicky’s owner, Oleg, with his wife and pet moved into a new comfortable private house with a plot and a fence.
For the dog there was a place in the house where they placed a cot, and also at its disposal there was a yard where the animal could freely walk.Soon after the move the family began to notice some strange things, namely the appetite of the pet worsened. Nika would leave food in her bowl now and then, and would spend all day long outside, which was not typical of her. The dog bed remained empty, and now and then we had to call the animal, because the dog did not stay in the yard. One summer day the wife complained to Oleg that the pet did not come to dinner, and the food from the bowl just began to drag out into the street, probably hiding somewhere. The owner decided to look for the dog and find out the reasons for his behavior, because the adaptation should have passed long ago. What was his bewilderment when he saw Nika sitting in the backyard and stubbornly looking into the ravine.
Oleg went over and looked at the bottom of the pit, covered with leaves. The leaves were moving, but it was impossible to see what was underneath. The man picked up a branch and threw back the rags with it. He saw a small kitten at the bottom, which bristled and hissed. While Oleg tried to catch a completely wild baby, the dog brought a piece of meat in his mouth and threw it into the hole. Stripped and bitten owner watched as the baby eagerly tears the food into pieces and swallows. Oleg abandoned his attempts to catch the kitten and went inside.In the evening, the family decided to leave the situation as it was and feed the baby with the dog. Soon the situation took an unexpected turn; on the porch, the furry “mother” and her little foster slept curled up in the sunlight. The baby had been following Nika on her heels for several days, sleeping and eating together with her. The owner carefully put the dog’s bowl on the veranda, and the dog in turn yielded food to the baby and patiently waited for him to eat.
Soon, under Nicky’s care, the kitten entered the house for the first time. He behaved warily, and all the time hiding behind a large “mother”. Oleg and his wife had bought a cat bed and a bowl in advance, since it was already autumn outside and the little one needed warmth. Purchases were pointless, the kitten, as before ate and slept with Nika. The family named their new pet Smoke. Such an example of love and care showed the dog in relation to the kitten, despite the fact that the animals are quite different.