An ex-feral cat and a senior ex-fighting dog who hates cats… you would think that would never work. But somehow, the opposite is true, and these two became best friends. 

Opposites attract. That is what people say. And maybe that is why, despite the fact that cats and dogs are so, so different, they sometimes end up becoming best friends. Cats will bond with the dogs they grew up with. Dogs will bond with cats who are patient and open. There are enough differences for them to overcome in normal circumstances. 

In today's story, there was a lot more for these animals to overcome. The dog came from a complicated background and hates cats. The cat doesn't quite understand how to act like a cat, how to purr, how to show affection in ways that normal cats do. And yet, the two of them became best friends. How? We don't quite know. They just got adopted by the same person and somehow became each other's safe and comfort. 

Sometimes the Cat Distribution System doesn't just find you, it can also call you by your name.

If there is one thing we absolutely cannot ignore, it is the sound of a cat meowing in distress. It doesn't matter where we are, which way we were headed, or whether or not we were in a hurry; if we hear a cat meowing loudly, we will find the sweet baby and make sure it is alright.

This rule has led us into back alleys, into trash cans, and underneath cars, and every single time, there was a sweet cat that needed our help, and we were ready to provide it. We have gotten stray cats out of truly messy situations simply because we listen to their cry for help, and we will continue to do so as long as we can. It takes five minutes out of our day, while it can save the furry feline's life. 

When the family in the story below heard the cry for help of a kitten in their house, they weren't sure where it was coming from in the beginning. It took them a while to figure out that the meowing was coming from the roof, but they still had hopes that the kitten that was making that distress signal was not alone and that its mom would come help soon. 

It wasn't long before they realized that the meowing kitten was alone, and that they were the only ones who could help it off the roof and back to safety. Together, they climbed on top of their home, got the kitten off the roof, and brought her back to solid ground. Luckily, this lovely family was not ready to say goodbye to the tiny kitten, as they could tell she still needed help and support. They gave her a shower, dried her off, and named her 'Roof' in their native language.

The happy and content kitten now has a loving family, and the pictures below prove just how grateful she is that they heard her when she initially called them for help. Keep scrolling for the full story and awwdorable pictures.

Cute kittens are the Pokémon of the real world. Cropping up where they least expect them, cat lovers are happy (no, HONORED) to attempt to catch 'em all. 

Summoned by the mews of a lost kitten under a bush, cat lovers are hypnotized into hero mode, throwing away their inhibitions and chucking wisdom out the window. All that matters in that meowment is the adorable little life curled up like a tiny cinnamon roll who needs a pawrent to love them and hand-feed them formula every 2 hours on the dot. See? Whoever said that raising a kitten from their shrimp era to full-on cathood would be easy? Nobody. But is it absolutely worth it? Ask the adorable orange cat in your lap or the spoiled tuxedo kitten across the hall…

No matter the cost to their sleep or their sanity, kittens are always worth the extra effort. 

Like tiny survivalists, kittens will always defy the odds and come through stronger than ever. Despite their pathetically smol meows and their overinflated noggins, kittens are chock full of survival instinct they can never deny. Alas, the kitten may be the tiniest of critters forlorn in the wilderness, but they're the heartiest and the most likely to change the lives of every hooman heart they touch. 

When chosen by the Cat Distribution System to be the sole guardian of a kitten, cat lovers are uplifted, and their souls bond immediately to the little nugget. Cats have that funny way of binding to their humans and forever changing the way they see the world. For if a creature so smol and so mighty could still learn to trust the bipedal beasts of this world, purrhaps so can we. 

Alas, with nothing but a milk mustache and a breathy mew, kittens steal the hearts of cat lovers every day. 

Smol, cute, and forever demanding another round of dinner, cats will bite our ankles and break our favorite mugs, but they will always be revered as the angels who saved their hoomans. Because, despite the meows for late-night snacks and the laser pointer misfires, cats always want the best for their human companions, just as we do for them. 

What could go wrong when the neighbor's cat chooses your car as their favorite sleep spot? 

Cats have a particular worldview: what's theirs is theirs, and what's yours is also theirs. 

Every cat thinks they are the finest cat ever created, and everyone else is a peasant who should be pleased to be in the cat's presence. 

This is an excellent quality for cats to have, and it's cute to see which items and places they claim as their own. 

For example, maybe they really love sleeping on a bookshelf, and will knock down all your books in order to do so. They don't care that the books are your property, or that you want the books in that spot. The cat's needs come first! 

What are the lengths that people will go for a prime parking spot?

This 28-year-old recently moved into an apartment complex where tenants were granted parking spots but none of them were assigned. Naturally, some spots were more desirable than others, which inevitably led to conflict. Since property management refused to take part in helping mitigate any tension by assigning parking spots to residents, some tenants began battling it out for the three best parking spots just so they would not have to park their cars 60 more steps away. 

It turns out that it's remarkable how much time and energy tenants will expend in order to avoid having to park in a slightly less ideal spot. One would think that the amount of wasted anxiety, stress, and action over these three so-called "perfect" spots could have been used toward a better cause. In fact, these two neighbors in particular probably spent way more time and energy competing with one another than they would have to park in the other unassigned spots.

Cats do not believe in mornings. 

Cats are not morning people, and they make that very clear. Early hours are not for purrductivity. They're for pretending the world doesn't exist. If a cat is up, it's not because they want to be, it's because something interrupted their carefully scheduled nap cycle. You might be ready to start your day, but they're still fully committed to snooze mode.

The morning routine looks very different for them. Slow stretches, half-open eyes, and a general refusal to participate. You'll get a look that says this is not purrsonal. It's just too early. They move like everything is optional, taking their time, no rush, no concern for whatever you've got going on.

Even when they do get up, it's not exactly high energy. More of a soft launch into the day. A few steps, maybe a yawn, then right back to finding a new place to nap. It's less rise and shine and more rest and recline. The vibe stays firmly on the sleepy side.

By the time they're actually ready to function, you've already been awake for hours. They operate on their own schedule, and mornings just don't make the cut. For cats, the day really starts whenever they decide it does.

Apparently, neighbors must now "match each other's style" in order to live peacefully next to each other. 

The new neighbor in the story below really wants the fence between his house and the resident's next door to match the rest of the style around his home. Despite there already being a fence in place between the two houses, one that was built only two years ago, this new neighbor thought it was appropriate to demand its replacement with something that would match his own fence better.

The resident who built this fence wants to have a good relationship with their neighbors, and they want to avoid any possible strains, but paying for a brand new fence when there is nothing wrong with the current one is not something they can afford. So even if they wanted to make their new neighbor happy, they are not going to pay $1500 to make it happen.

He wasn't supposed to stay, but that changed quickly. 

Mr. Bingley came in as a rescue and somehow fit right in almost immediately. Just a week ago, he was tucked away in the garage, underweight and needing a little time to recover. It was meant to be temporary, just a safe place while he healed. But even then, it was obvious he wasn't going to stay just a rescue for long.

The biggest holdout was the husband. He was clear from the start. He didn't want a third cat. But then things started to change. First it was checking on Bingley in the garage. Then a treat here and there. Then asking how he was doing. By the time Bingley came inside, the decision had already been made without being said. Now he's fully attached, giving him kisses and acting like he was always part of the plan.

The rest of the house fell into place just as easily. The resident cats accepted him and the toddler jumped right in too, already playing with him like he's been there forever. It all went smooth for the new cat, especially one who just came in off the street.

The vet visit confirmed he's on the right track. A little underweight, a small cold, but otherwise healthy and improving. In a week, he went from a rescue in the garage to a cat that fits perfectly into the family, like he was always meant to land there.

A homeowner got a rough early-morning awakening when a neighbor escalated a minor snow-clearing delay into an early-morning confrontation and threatened over a shared road that isn't legally the homeowner's responsibility

Shakespeare loved to include how natural phenomena were reflective of real issues and malcontent in the people. And I think this holds true. Most certainly, it does always seem like wild weather brings out the most wild nature in us. 

There's something about a snowstorm that really just sends people over the edge, the unpredictability of it all, one second you're driving in a straight line and the next your car is sliding uncontrollably off the road. And that wet, damp weight of the snow just makes life feel somehow… heavier? Especially when you have a job to get to to make ends meet.

A lot of people are operating at the end of their rope, and it doesn't take much for them to lose hold. Sometimes people just need someone to blame too, and if you might find yourself on the receiving end of blame that isn't yours to shoulder, but has nowhere else to go. 

From rags to riches! 

Sir George showed up at their home in September. He was terrified and starving, and they trapped him at the end of November. They had him TNR'd, but a few weeks after that he started randomly showing up with the need for headbutts and pets. They took him inside on Christmas (a Christmas miracle!), and they found that he needs more medical attention. Seeing that it was the holidays they decided to actually take him in furrever, as well as after doing some research. They couldn't handle the thought they he'd be put down, so that made the bravest decision of all. 

He's obsessed with food, and won't stop eating! It's purrfect, since he was starving and needed to gain weight. He always wants to play and interact. He used to flinch when they tried to pet him, but he's getting better at accepting their love and not being worried. He had a hard life, but now he can be at ease in this big family of other cats and dogs. The full story is below, and at I Can Has Cheezburger we're always full supporters of kitty rescue missions. 

This Dad dedicated 2 decades of his life to a company that unceremoniously fired him, leaving him without health insurance. 

I can't even imagine the heart break that comes along with losing your job after 20 years at a company. You expect to grow old there, working hard to progress the company goals. You're proud of your work. You watch your teams grow, you might take on a supervisory role, you spend years checking in with the same coworkers day in and day out. 

And then, one day, you get an email that changes your entire life in an instant

While a love of cats is hardwired into the hooman soul, sometimes we need a little reminding why we are so fond of our feline friends. And so we enlisted the support of their pawrents to remind you why we all love cats so much.

It is funny, it's kinda like chocolate. Everyone loves some plain chocolate. It is sweet, comforting and decadent. But after enough time you look at that piece of chocolate and say hey, this is kinda boring. I want some sprinkles on this to make it exciting again. Well, that is essentially what we have done here, but with cats. Sure, we all love looking at cats, cute cats, clawminal cats, sleeping cats, they all get our motor purring.

But sometimes we need to be reminded of why we love these cats, so that our cat connection does not run stale. And so we are proud to present you with this collection of cats in which their pawrents share the sweet and special things that they do that make them fall head over heels for their fluffy cat children. So settle in and get ready to replenish your adoration for cat kind. 
 

A woman bought a house, started fixing it up, and discovered that her retired next-door neighbor had quietly decided the whole project was a joint effort. He had not offered to pay for anything. He had simply begun showing up

Sometimes fairy tales really do come true, or at least the dream life of this senior cat who had been given up on by families and the shelter who was given one final chance at happiness in the home of a shelter volunteer.

It is never easy trying to find a home for an older cat. It is a hard sell to tell potential pawrents that they will be going for regular check ups at the vet and that their life will revolve around the wellbeing of an aging and somewhat sickly cat. Especially when there are abundant amounts of cute kittens with no health issues ready and waiting for a loving home.

But these older cats that find themselves homeless are in need of a safe space far more than their kitten competitors, and after a life devoted to the family who had to let them go you would think that there would be more people in the world who are sympathetic to their plight. Thankfully, the shelter volunteer who took on this cat was incredibly sympathetic and took home one of the sweetest senior felines we have ever heard about. Giving him a life of love, light and laughter until his last day. 
 

Planning a wedding is stressful, but expecting an entire working business to shut down at the last minute is a whole different level. This horse stable owner tried to meet her sister halfway, only to be hit with a list of demands that ignored reality completely. From banning horses to eliminating the smell of a stable, things quickly spiraled into the unreasonable. Now she's left wondering if standing her ground makes her the bad guy, or if some requests are simply too much to ask.

Cats don't care if it's Monday, and neither should you.

To cats, every day is a good day. Why? Because every day they wake up and are served whatever they want on a silver platter. All they have to do is annoy us enough (we love it) until we run out of patience, and then they'll get their food, their purrfect spot on the couch, or whatever else their tiny little hearts desire. And even when they are at their most annoying, as in, shredding-all-the-toilet-paper-annoying, we still can't resist their cute faces. A few meows, some head bonks, and we're already kissing and forgiving them. 

So if cats can get away with being absolute menaces to our lives and still get through Monday without a scratch, then so can we. We just have to treat everything we do like a cat would, meaning that we do whatever we want, then we turn on the puppy dog eyes and the charm until they forgive us. And if none of that works, just ignore everyone until they furget about the problem and move on. You might have to wait it out a few days, but hoomans are purrfectly forgetful creatures. You'll be in the clear in no time.

This is all easier said than done, so we gathered a few wholesome mousers below to help you deal with this Monday meowrning the feline way. These hilarious memes are the cattest of cat, straight from the souls of feline fans. And if all else fails, just go hide for a few hours until everyone gets worried they can't find you, then magically show up and everyone will just be happy you're okay. It works for our cats every single time.

This U.K. citizen had hoped to build a home on the plot of land he inherited from his father. That pursuit proved to be a challenge, given that he ended up embroiled in an ongoing legal dispute with the town.

Originally from Northern Ireland, the first-time landowner was planning on renewing the construction plans that his recently deceased parent was hoping to finish before his passing. Those permission plans, which had been previously granted by the township, had expired in 2023. 

Since then, the landowner has attempted to request permission to build property on his own rightful land, but each time, that request was denied. At first, he assumed that the reasoning was the ambitious nature of what he was proposing. So, he adjusted his proposal of building three homes on the property to two homes. That request was denied outright as well. Naturally, the landowner submitted a third request to build just one home on this land, to no avail.

It turns out that the reason had nothing to do with his actual plans. The real justification was that since those project permissions expired three years ago, community members began viewing this empty, undeveloped land as a park. Kids would play there. Dogs would be allowed to roam free there unleashed. 

In fact, it seemed as if everyone was allowed to make use of the property, except for its rightful owner. 

Can you blame a cat for wanting to fly in luxury?

Flying with pets is always a journey. If you're lucky, you have a social cat who doesn't care at all about new places and people, who will just sleep or be fascinated the whole trip. If you're unlucky, you have a cat that gets very anxious and you spend the whole flight trying to calm them down. Either way, it's hard to manage thousands of miles of travel up in the air with a small creature who has no idea what's going on. Let alone bringing a "portable litter box" with you, which is usually just a bag of litter you hope they will go into when they need to use the bathroom.

But, it's still better than the alternative, which is usually leaving your cat behind or rehoming them. The best choice is always to take them with you, if it's a purrmanent trip. If you're just going away for a week, it's probably smarter to find a cat sitter or have a friend watch over them. Even social cats will get stressed out with so much change in such a short period of time.

Well, except for our orange cat and his hissterical flight below. This chonky boy escaped his cat carrier at cruising altitude and was caught trying to sneak into first class. Obviously, the thought he deserved a better seat, or purrhaps, he smelled the salmon they were being served there. The whole flight searched for him, and ended his rambunctious adventure before he caused too much orange chaos.

Another week is starting, and that means that it is time for our weekly twitter recap! 

Another crazy week is about to start, and we know that it is going to be a crazy one because they have all been crazy lately. And there is only one thing that has been keeping us sane. It is the same thing that keeps us sane all the time. Our cats. And even more specifically, all the pawsome cat content online. It's the one and only thing that we can always count on when we get on the internet. Cats will be the center of people's minds no matter what is going on in the world. 

But because going on social media is like walking into a burning building lately, we have decided to simplify things for you and simply put together all of the best cat memes, pictures and stories into one weekly segment. Every single week, we put together the most viral tweets in one place for your enjoyment.

What started as a simple living arrangement slowly turned into a frustrating battle over personal space. After suggesting a shared solution early on, this 21-year-old tenant chose to get her own fridge, only for her roommate to start using it anyway. Despite setting clear boundaries, the situation escalated as food kept appearing uninvited. When some of it spoiled and was thrown out, the roommate reacted strongly, shifting the tension even further. Now, what should have been a straightforward issue of respect has turned into an uncomfortable living situation.