We found a 2 week old kitten -- and our dog raised it. I did have to bottle feed the kitten -- but our dog took over and the cat believed that the dog was his mom. They had a mom/offspring relationship until she died.
That was 13 years ago -- we still have the cat -- our beloved dog crossed the rainbow bridge 2 years ago.
Also someone at DU has a Schnauzer who is fostering a kitten -- allows the kitten to nurse.
A couple of years ago I rescued abandoned kittens and my Chihuahua crawled into the box and was willing to nurse them.
Also there are studies published in the Journal Animal Behavior of cat/dog cross fostering.
But photos to go along with the story would have been nice.
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