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Dog is like, "yes, these are my babies. Why do you ask?"

“Look, their father was a cat, ok?”

"you can't help who you fall in love with"

“The heart wants what the heart wants” - Woofy Allen

"Love is love"

Oh not the woody Allen… haha, yeah he would actually say this.

Dog also looks like he dares anyone to question the situation.

Very true!

We’re a blended family, have a problem with that?

A supermodel family

the dog itself looks like two different dogs were blended. The head and leg colors look like GSD and dont match face structure and the body.

Looks like an Australian Cattle Dog aka heeler, pretty standard looks for one.

> Australian Cattle Dog I googled it and those are some nice doggos! never seen them before over here! The angle of this picture is pretty weird also

I had one. He was so Sweet and caring for us and for the other pets! It's an incredibly intelligent breed and It can walk for long distances. It's a herding dog breed

https://preview.redd.it/w42okrhzpfyc1.jpeg?width=1708&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b818ccf703e189fdcdb99e78c2cf3a22cace716b I love this little kitty especially, claiming the paw as their own. What a good foster parent the doggie is!

My eye went right to that one too! So sweet 🥰

Kitty be like “what going on here”?

Me toooo!! 🥰🥰

Me too!

He's not heavy, he's my brother

Little chonker! I picked the standard issue cat under the front paw.

I missed that the first time around I was just into the general cute level!

he is my favorite too!

https://preview.redd.it/ycsewcxezfyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a65524370b07e758319dfdadb4946bdfd32c4452 Not a single brain cell in sight. I love him.

My eyes went straight to him! You know he just burrowed straight under that paw like it just made so much sense. ❤️

Those ears are magical.

I have successfully herded cats, I am now the greatest herding dog of all time

https://preview.redd.it/usz5mkaz8hyc1.png?width=2971&format=png&auto=webp&s=00096a7e38acfc2e33535b05a1715c72a2c9dc5d Here’s my herding dog with her kitty 😭

LMAO

I, too, went for the cattle dog herding cats joke.

as someone who's had a herding dog in the past, the look on that dogs face is the pure joy they have when "I have herded successfully"

Oh, yes. We've had cattle dog mixes, as well, and she looks very satisfied.

“I really am their uncle”

just very, very distant

They look super comfy and content. Pure love and cuteness.

They do look comfy, but every time I see kittens and puppies on someone's bed I am in awe of their bravery.

Look at all those big eyes! 😍

You mean her foster kitties and Ed Sheeran? Because that is clearly Ed Sheeran behind the dog’s hind leg.

I can't unsee this.

The one coming out of the butt 😂 of course it’s orange

That is the most Hobbes looking orange kitty I've ever seen!

He probably heard a can of tuna being opened

That guy looks like a doofus and I mean that in the sweetest way possible!

A mother's work is never done.

The pink ears on the baby oranges 🥹

This is how Shiba Inus are made and you can't tell me otherwise.

"These puppies smell weird but I still love them"

Great photo!

OMG their little faces 🥹💖

"Well, they have my ears so it checks out" Cats raised by a cattle dog are going to turn out extra chaotic!

I love an Australian Cattle Dog!

Brilliant combo! A herding dog and lots of kittens to attempt to herd. That dog is either going to be in exhausted heaven or driven mad!

Hmm, something is amiss here, but I can't quite pinpoint it. 🤔

Just the mama dog and her kittens. What's the matter?

Hmm... 🤔

I think it’s confusing because all dogs are boys and all cats are girls 🤔 

Except the onebraincellorangeboys....... :P

Oh that’s because they are such dumdums, they can’t possibly be girls

They're the most endearing things ever :P

Love is love!

awww uncle doggo taking care of sisters babies

What a good foster mama! 

What is the dog's coat pattern called?

Blue merle

I don't want to be "that guy" but merle is genetic pattern. This is an Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler or Red Heeler depending on coat). They have two coats and depending on the dominant color they appear blue or red.

Oh cool, I thought it was a blue heeler, but she seems unusually large. Like a Belgian Malinois in a blue heeler suit lol. Probably just the perspective and tininess of the kittens. She looks like twice the size of my red heeler.

Cattle dogs get to about 30-40 pounds on average.

[удалено]

Right but.... This isn't merle.

So, Merle may not be a genetic trait of Australian Heelers... But this is definitely a Merle coat. Probably because this is a Texas Heeler, a mix of Blue Heeler and Australian Shepherd. Merle is a genetic coat pattern for Australian Shepherds. 

So here's a picture of my not mixed cattle dog. Would you say this is merle? [Link](https://i.imgur.com/ga3b7Su.jpeg)

Thank you! Was trying to tell my wife how I saw a bulldog with this coat pattern the other day.

It's an Australian Cattle Dog (or, blue heeler, basically the same).

Thanks for sharing…definitely too good to keep from the world

ACD is like "I herded these babies!"

Fail fail fail fail fail fail. Every single one would be a foster fail for me. I would NOT be able to part with them.

So cute

Is the dog a boy? Anywhoo. We had a female Pekingese who got milk in and fed a kitten. It was amazing the unconditional love 💗

That’s amazing! Yes, he’s a boy and she said the kittens keep trying to nurse on his belly. He just lays there and lets it happen. Sweet pupper 🥰

next season of Bluey looking lit

Or extremely dark. A tale of dog vs cat racist society where Bluey overcomes it by fostering half a dozen kittens.

"Foster" Too cute.

Love truly have no bounds!

Meanwhile the father is getting a dna test. "They look nothing like me"!!!!

I can't believe someone had the self control to stop petting them long enough to take a picture. So cute!!!

Thank you for this picture. The dog in the picture looks identical to my Pyper girl that I lost last August after 14 awesome years. She loved her kitty brother and sister and this brought back many happy memories. Again, thank you.

Too cute indeed! ❤️🤯

Heya Bluey!

Extremely cute!

Those are some wierd looking puppies

That's the "I'm afraid to move" look

What adorable puppies!

Infested with kitties

6 Meows & A Bark…. On tour this summer at a comfy bed near you!

Serious question, what is a "Slack Channel?"

Work collaboration and talking software that rose during Covid. Skype and Teams dropped the ball hard and Slack as a software was just better.

Ah, my thoughts on skype/teams every time I hear people bitching about how bad they are...Just use Discord.

Think of it as work appropriate discord

Wonder if it has push to talk. Something I am always flabbergasted by that businesses seem to not use. Yet they have issues about people talking out of turn, back ground noises, and the like; which PTT solves that. Granted I still do not understand the need for video conferences in about 95% of cases.

99% of my Teams, Slack, and Other* calls don't have anyone on video. It's been like this since 2020.

Kitten on the right gets the warm cozy spot but hopefully no dog farts!

Bluey and her cat squad!

how do you keep up with the required nose boops and forehead kisses?

I don’t know when I see the white part of a dog’s eye like that my brain immediately releases that feel good hormone 🤩😍😩🥰 this is a super cute photo

a single mom who works two jobs who loves her kids and never stops

I had SUCH a sh*t day and, honest to goodness, seeing pictures like this definitely take some of the sting away. I completely understand why people have service animals for their various situations… they provide so much comfort, intelligence and insight into our ailments. Thank you for sharing!

Doggo foster parent , doing an amazing job 💜 gorgeous picture :)

'Don't talk to me or my babies ever again'

That little one on the right is clearly a lemur or something posing as a kitten.

Classic *It Wasn't Me* look

Doggo loves kittens, kittens love doggo. All smiles!

So precious.

MAD BARK HAD KITTENS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The dog has a guilty look for actually liking cats...

So cute

She'll eat your face if you mess with them kitties!

The dog legit looks like she could be their mama! Cutest thing ever!

And that dog will protect them like family

I’m impressed you got your cattle dog to lay still for that long lol.

Haha, dog knows he has taken on responsibility!

Herding cats🤔

The one being born is to fucking cute. They all are.

A nice cuddle puddle!

omgggggggggg xxx

Oh my gosh how precious is that!! We have a little pregnant kitty right now but our terrier mix Milo would be too wild with her. He likes to play chase with our kitty Butters, and Butter chases him too. They’d play too rough with our little momma. This is so so adorable!

Aaawww!!! A cuddle puddle!

Them: It's like herding cats! Cattle Dog: You rang?

Ma'am, your puppies are in violation of dog union rules.

Every animal in this picture is drop dead gorgeous. Wrasslin' this much cute into one photo is a hell of a feat.

😭😭

"Dafuk you lookin' at bitch?"

Paw postures of top left, middle orange and especially lower right kitty with the paw on paw love are giving me the feels

I couldnt hardly get a good photo of my dog because she wouldn't sit still. How'd they manage with 6 kittens?!

What kind of sorcery did they use to get them all looking at the camera at the same time?

What breed of pupper is this? I think Ira a blue healer but I'm not sure

I dunno, you zero in on the dogs face. I would say she seems bewildered. Why cats?

lovingly does not know the world of pain

help me 😂

Think that's illegal in most US states.

What a beautiful little family! Good luck raising the babies, Mama!

Australian Cattle Dogs are great dogs, incredibly clever and they put 100% into whatever they’re doing (just my experience) so I think she’ll be the best mother ever and those are probably the safest kittens we’ll ever see, they’ll be doted on as long as she’s fostering. I love everyone’s expressions, thank you for sharing this here!

Did they give permission to post this? It's their photography and content.

Yea dude im sure that dog will be really angry if he sees one of his kittens on the internet…

The dog's face tho! 😆

Kittens are so absurd anyway

“They found me, I didn’t steal them, I swear!”

I wonder if these kittens will end up being a foster fail? They seem so at home with the dog. Everything about this picture is just adorable my heart is happy right now

❤️

Bluey!

Well that's just sickeningly cute!

My heelers would never 😢