The cat was a little confused 😂

By Alana Francis-Crow

Published on Sep 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM

About a year ago, Franzlei Yuson welcomed a cat named Kimchi into her family. Yuson was delighted to find that Kimchi instantly got along well with her two Shih Tzus, Koa and Kumi.

Over the past year, Kimchi, Koa and Kumi have grown even more comfortable with each other and have developed a close friendship.

“[Kimchi] will cuddle up with them sometimes,” Yuson told The Dodo. “They’ll just sit there together on the couch.”

But the other day, Kimchi started hissing at the two dogs, seemingly out of the blue. For a second, Yuson was perplexed. Then she realized what had changed: Koa and Kumi had just gotten groomed.

About once or twice a year, Yuson’s husband will fully shave off Koa and Kumi’s fur to get their skin extra clean and give them a reset. Because the dogs get shaved so infrequently, Kimchi didn’t know what was going on.

“That was the first time she saw them like that, looking completely different,” Yuson said.

It quickly became clear to Yuson that Kimchi didn’t recognize Koa and Kumi without their fur and was disturbed by the presence of who she thought were two “intruders.”

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“[S]he did the angry cat position and hissed at them,” Yuson said. “And she’s never done [that], ever, even when she first came.”

Meanwhile, Koa and Kumi didn’t understand why Kimchi was so upset. They rolled around playfully in front of her, unaware that anything was wrong.

“The dogs didn’t even have any idea what was going on,” Yuson said.

Kimchi, feeling deeply unsettled by the two strange dogs who’d appeared in her home, isolated herself in the guest room.

“She hid upstairs for four hours,” Yuson said. “We didn’t force her to come out or anything because I felt so bad. Even though it was funny, I felt kind of bad.”

Eventually, Kimchi emerged from the guest room and warily approached Koa and Kumi. She sniffed them a few times, which helped her realize these dogs weren’t strangers, they were her siblings.

“[W]ithin just those ten minutes, she was back to normal, once she realized it was them,” Yuson said.

Kimchi, Koa and Kumi have gone back to peacefully coexisting. But only time will tell whether Kimchi will react the same way the next time they get shaved.

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Shelter Dog On Euthanasia List Begs Volunteer To Take Her Home Forever

“I couldn’t stop thinking about her …”

By Ashley Ortiz

On her way to her local animal shelter a few weeks ago, volunteer Madeline Smith rechecked her list of dogs to be cared for. The list, consisting of available dogs at the shelter, was part of Smith’s routine to ensure that she could help as many pups as possible in her short time there.

But at the very end of her shift that day, one dog who wasn’t on the list suddenly caught her attention.

“I was actually walking down the ward to leave for the day when an act of God turned my head and made me look at her,” Smith told The Dodo. “She immediately got up from her bed and jumped up with a waggy tail to greet me!”

The dog, named Maya, felt immediately safe with Smith. Standing on her hind legs, Maya placed her front paws on the kennel bars and, with the sweetest look on her face, begged Smith to take her home.

Smith nearly melted when she locked eyes with Maya, but she had only gone to the shelter to volunteer. With a trip coming up, the 54-time foster mom wasn’t ready to take another dog in at the moment. But when she got home that night, all she could think about was Maya.

“I couldn’t stop thinking about her and knew I had to foster her,” Smith said. “When she ended up on the euthanasia list, that was it!”

As soon as Smith saw Maya’s devastating update, she decided to save the sweet girl. Since she was already on vacation, and time was limited to pull Maya from the shelter, a fellow volunteer named Amairany dropped everything to help.

Amairany agreed to foster Maya for a few days until Smith returned from her trip, and Maya couldn’t have been happier.

“She settled in great and became friends with Amairany’s 6-year-old son, too!” Smith said. “It’s a lot easier being in rescue with the community that surrounds it!”

You can see more pictures from Maya’s rescue here:

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Before long, Smith returned home and officially became Maya’s foster mom. Maya’s foster dad and two foster siblings — a cat named Barry and a dog named Margot — fell instantly in love with her, and the feeling was mutual.

“She fit in so seamlessly with our fam and felt like she’d been here all along!” Smith said.

For the next month or so, Maya snuggled with her family daily while she underwent heartworm treatment. When she was finally healthy enough to return to the shelter and be listed for adoption, Smith was faced with an impossible decision.

She’d already fostered 54 pups, all of whom had gone on to find loving homes, and she knew for sure that she wanted to continue fostering, which meant she couldn’t keep Maya. But Maya’s presence made her rethink everything.

“My husband had to bear with me crying about it for weeks, and deep down, he knew I was never really at peace with letting her go,” Smith said. “I once told him that whether we kept her or sent her, I just wanted it to be his fault (lol), so he made the decision so I didn’t have to.”

On Mother’s Day, Smith’s husband surprised her with a heartfelt card and Maya’s official adoption papers. She and Maya were beyond thrilled with his decision.

“He’s such a good man, and I’m so glad we have our Maya now!” Smith said.

It’s been a few months since Maya’s adoption, and life couldn’t be better for the sweet pup. She’s still obsessed with her fur sister, Margot, and, although Barry has since passed away, she loves visiting his memorial shelf.

She’s also preparing to welcome a human baby brother soon by cuddling with her mom’s belly every day.

The couple can’t get enough of Maya, and are constantly reminded why she, as their 55th foster dog, was their first foster fail. Adopting a foster pup was never a part of their plans, but now they wouldn’t have it any other way.

“If you can just let the first [foster] go … it gets easier each time, until a Maya comes into your life,” Smith said. “Then, you’ll know.”

To keep up with Maya’s adventures, you can follow her mom on Instagram.

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